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When the Earth passes through the trail of an old comet, the Earth encounters a much higher than normal number of meteors, or "shooting stars". This is called a "meteor shower". It is generally referred to by the name of the constellation from which the meteors appear to originate. For example, the Perseid meteor shower appears to come from the constellation Perseus.

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