Rare 4000-year-old comets can cause meteor showers on Earth, triangulation critical: Report
Rare 4000-year-old comets can cause meteor showers on Earth, triangulation critical: Report
Researchers detected that the number of known meteor showers with long-period comet parent bodies has grown from 5 to 14.
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Comet Neowise in the pre-dawn skies on July 9 over Deer Valley, Utah. (Photo: Nasa)
Comets, the frozen leftovers from the formation of the Solar System, are one of the biggest attractions for stargazers and astronomers across the world. A new study reveals that scientists can detect meteor showers from the debris in the path of comets that pass close to Earth s orbit.