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Bookmark or Share- Perseid meteor shower 2024: when, where and how to see it - Space.comComet Swift-Tuttle is the largest object known to repeatedly pass by Earth; its nucleus is about 16 miles (26 kilometers) wide. It last passed near Earth during its orbit around the sun in 1992,...
- The Perseid meteor shower is peaking NOW! Here's how to see the most ...According to NASA, Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle is the root cause of the Perseid meteor shower. It last entered the inner solar system in 1992 and will enter it again in 2125.
- Prepare for Perseids! - NASA ScienceYou may have already spotted a few Perseids streaking across the summer skies! This shower, part of the debris stream of comet Swift-Tuttle, actually starts in mid to late July and lasts through most of August. While most of these nights only showcase a few meteors each hour, the peak of the Perseids brings many, many more.
- How to Watch the Perseids, the ‘Best Meteor Shower of the Year’As with other meteor showers, the Perseids occur when Earth travels through the trail of rocks and dust left behind by a comet. In this case, that “comet of origin” is 109P/Swift-Tuttle, a...
- The Perseids are here. Here's how to see the 'fireballs' of summer's ...The source of the Perseids is the comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. When rocks from space enter Earth’s atmosphere, the resistance from the air makes them very hot. This causes the air to glow around them and briefly leaves a fiery tail behind them — the end of a “shooting star.”
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