Perseids meteor shower
- The Perseids meteor shower is an annual celestial event going to be active from August 17-26.
- Meteors are bits of rock and ice ejected from comets as they manoeuvre around their orbits around the sun.
- Meteor showers are witnessed when Earth passes through the trail of debris left behind by a comet or an asteroid.
- When a meteor reaches the Earth, it is called a meteorite.
- A series of meteorites when encountered at once is termed as a meteor shower.
- Perseids meteor shower peaks every year in mid-August.
- It was first observed over 2,000 years ago.
- The Perseids occur due to pieces of cosmic debris left behind by comet Swift-Tuttle.
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