Explorations an Introduction to Astronomy          Thomas T. Arny Instructor Resources

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Chapter 10, Figure 16

Figure 10.16

Sketch showing how (A) in mid-August, at the time of the Perseid meteor shower, the Earth is moving along its orbit
(B) When the Earth crosses the debris strewn along a comet's orbit, the scattered material plunges into our atmosphere, producing the diverging pattern of meteors characteristic of a meteor shower. (Bodies and orbits are not to scale.)

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