Which comet was the source of the Leonid meteor showers recently made their yearly appearance ........

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Which comet was the source of the Leonid meteor showers, recently made their yearly appearance?

Comet Encake

Comet Kohoutek

Comet Tempel-Tuttle

Comet Hayakutake

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Explanation:

The debris that forms this meteor shower originates from a small comet called 55P/Tempel-Tuttle in the constellation Leo, which takes 33 years to orbit the sun. The Leonids are considered to be a major shower that features the fastest meteors, which typically travel at speeds of 71 km per second, although the rates are often as low as 15 meteors per hour, NASA notes.