What Is a Meteor?
5. Meteor Showers
As mentioned, spotting a shooting star is usually a matter of luck. During some times of the year, however, you are far more likely than usual to see shooting stars. Indeed, the sky can be full of them when conditions are right in what is known as a meteor shower.
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Perhaps the best known of all meteor showers on Earth are the Perseids, so called because they appear to originate from the Perseus constellation. The Perseids meteor shower occurs between July 17 and August 24 each year. This is when the Swift-Tuttle comet comes into contact with the edge of our planets atmosphere.
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