The source is dust trails from the Swift-Tuttle Comet. The Swift-Tuttle Comet was discovered by Lewis Swift and Horace Parnell Tuttle in July of 1862. The comet passed by Earth in 1992 and will not return again until 2126, however the dust that follows this comet creates a reliable annual meteor shower, the Perseids. Click [...]
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