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Re: (meteorobs) Life on Comets
Steve,
Not sure what you mean by comet showers.
Do you mean meteor showers?
If so there are several dozen that occur at specific times of the
year...and in fact two of them are derived from the dust of one comet, the
famous Halley's comet, about 6 months apart. There is also a background
supply of meteors called sporadics that appear to come from random points
in the sky, as opposed to the shower meteors which appear to radiate from a
point in the sky. In actual fact the sporadics are not entirely random, but
rates from any one radiant are so low as to be visually not identifiable
without much data.
Does this answer your question?
Wayne T Hall(e)y