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How does a meteor shower occur?

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Anonymous

8y ago
Updated: 1/5/2024

Meteor showers occur when a meteor comes too close to the earth and gets drawn in by the earth's gravity. The light you see trailing behind the meteor (shooting star) is Ice melting off of it from the sun's heat.

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