• Question: What is a meteor shower?

    Asked by hazel17 to Dominic, James, Jenny, Kevin, Norah on 13 Mar 2017.
    • Photo: Dominic Doyle

      Dominic Doyle answered on 13 Mar 2017:

      A meteor shower occurs when the Earth passes through a cloud of dust and particles left over from a comet. These occur at specific times of the year and the showers are named after the constellation in which they appear to come from.

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