Perseid meteor shower to peak, shining fireballs to streak through skies
Perseid comes from comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle that orbits around the Sun once every 133 years.
HIGHLIGHTS
Perseid comes from comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle
It is named after Lewis Swift and Horace Tuttle, who first spotted it in 1862
Perseids occur every year in the month of August
The final supermoon of the year will be visible on Thursday, and the Perseid annual meteor shower will peak through the nights of August 11 to August 13
Stargazers around the world are in for two major celestial events.
As Earth blocks the little space debris from the comet Swift-Tuttle, meteors rip across the sky.
The Perseid meteor shower, one of the brightest to pass across Earth's skies
happens every August as the planet moves along the path of the space junk
The meteor shower is being streamed live below thanks to the Virtual Telescope Project.
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