Earth Encounters Debris from a Tiny Sun-Splitting Asteroid, Sparks Meteor Showers
TL;DR
An astronomer analyzed over 235,000 meteors and found a cluster indicating Earth is passing through debris shed by a small asteroid breaking up near the Sun. This debris field could fuel meteor displays and demonstrates how meteor observations help locate active objects in space, such as the Geminids linked to 3200 Phaethon.
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