The Perseid meteor shower is expected to yield hundreds of meteors tonight and early Thursday morning. The cosmic show occurs once a year when the Earth moves through streams of debris from the Swift-Tuttle comet. The meteors appear to fall from the constellation perseus, which is where the shower got its name.
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August 12, 2009- Austin Planetarium Comments on the Perseid Metoer Shower
The Perseid meteor shower is expected to yield hundreds of meteors tonight and early Thursday morning. The cosmic show occurs once a year when the Earth moves through streams of debris from the Swift-Tuttle comet. The meteors appear to fall from the constellation perseus, which is where the shower got its name.
The Perseid meteor shower is expected to yield hundreds of meteors tonight and early Thursday morning. The cosmic show occurs once a year when the Earth moves through streams of debris from the Swift-Tuttle comet. The meteors appear to fall from the constellation perseus, which is where the shower got its name.