The Perseids are a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Swift Tuttle. The meteors are called the Perseids because the point from which the

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The Perseids are a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Swift Tuttle. The meteors are called the Perseids because the point from which they appear to hail called the radiant lies in the constellation Perseus

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