This is why our spacecraft have to have heat shields upon re-entering our Earth's atmosphere. Without the heat shields, the spacecraft would vaporize due to temperatures approaching several thousand degrees F. Because of the effects of perspective, the meteors appear to radiate from one point in the sky. Therefore, most showers are named for the constellation in which the meteors appear to originate from. Comet Tuttle Dates can vary slightly. Meteor showers can be spectacular.
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