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A ruined comet could create a meteor shower on May 30th.
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According to Space.com, the “tau Herculids” meteorite screen could be one of the most spectacular observed in more than two decades.
Meteor showers occur when dust or particles from asteroids or comets enter the Earth’s atmosphere at a very high speed, the UK Sun explained.
This is expected to be the product of a comet called 73P / Schwassmann-Wachmann, also known as SW3.
SW3 was first discovered in 1930, but did not reappear until the 1970s, Republic World reported.
In 1995, astronomers realized that the comet’s core was split into four smaller pieces, according to CNET.
It has disintegrated further in the following years.
The screen is expected to be highly visible in the northern hemisphere, as it occurs on a moonless night.
An expert consensus predicts that rain will be visible from 1 a.m. EST on May 31st.
It is suggested that viewers will want to be out at least an hour beforehand so that your eyes have a chance to adjust to the darkness.
“The southwestern United States and Mexico are favorite places, because the radiant, the area of the sky where these meteors come from, will be higher in a dark sky,” Robert Lunsford wrote for AMS.
“The eruption can be seen from southeastern Canada and the rest of the United States (east), but at a lower altitude.”