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Perseid meteor shower lights up sky

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by Victoria Revay | August 13, 2007 at 08:23 am

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Enthusiastic observers of the Perseid meteor shower got a beautiful display over the European sky last night. The meteor shower happens when the Swift-Tuttle comet passes the sun and ejects dust particles in its orbit. The last one took place in 1992.

The comet Swift-Tuttle orbits the Sun with a period of about 130 years.

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Brian A Kennedy

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at 09:00 on August 13th, 2007

Great pics! Thanks for this.

in Environment, Astronomy, meteor shower, Perseid meteor shower

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