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What are the Perseids meteor showers associated with?

Comet Halley

Comet Swift–Tuttle

Comet Shoemaker–Levy

Apophis Asteroid

In 1866, after the perihelion passage of Swift-Tuttle in 1862, the Italian astronomer Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli discovered the link between meteor showers and comets. His findings put new light on a subject, and changed the approach of astronomers to comets.

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