Phenomenon could be seen mainly in the night sky in North America
The Earth crossed a trail of fragments left by a comet on Monday night (30) and Tuesday morning (31). The phenomenon may have resulted in a new meteor shower.
The Tau-Herculides meteor shower could be tracked mainly in the night sky over North America.
The comet, officially known as 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann, or SW3, was discovered in 1930 by German observers Arnold Schwassmann and Arno Arthur Wachman. It was not seen again until the late 1970s. In the 1990s, the comet broke into several pieces, NASA said.
When SW3 passed Earth again in 2006, it was in nearly 70 pieces and has continued to fragment further ever since, the statement said.
(With information from Melissa Velásquez Loaiza of CNN)
Source: CNN Brasil
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