The shower is courtesy of Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle, a 26 kilometer (16 mile) wide comet that takes 133 years to orbit the Sun.

The shower is courtesy of Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle, a 26 kilometer (16 mile) wide comet that takes 133 years to orbit the Sun.
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