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Shooting stars expected tonight as Earth hurtles through cloud of dust left by comet – Wales Online
Meteors, mostly no bigger than a grain of sand, burn up as they hit the atmosphere at 36 miles per second
Skygazers can look forward to the final display of shooting stars this year tonight as the Earth passes through a cloud of cometary dust.
The Ursid meteor shower is expected to peak some time during the night of Monday, December 21, and will be visible until the early morning of Tuesday, December 22.
This celestial display is associated with the comet 8P/Tuttle, also known as Comet Tuttle, which orbits the Sun once every 13 years.
The shooting stars appear to radiate from near the Beta Ursae Minoris…
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