By Mark Prigg Astronomers are expecting a new meteor shower to light up the sky above America tonight. No one has seen it before, but the shower could put on a show that would rival the prolific Perseid meteor shower in August. The Camelopardalids shower would be dust resulting from a periodic comet, 209P/LINEAR. Scroll down for video Scientists are anticipating a new meteor shower, the May Camelopardalids, that could put on a show that would rival the prolific Perseid meteor shower in August. Comet 209P/LINEAR was discovered in February 2004 by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research project, a cooperative effort of NASA, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory, and the US Air Force.
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Camelopardalids shower would be dust resulting from a periodic comet, 209P/LINEAR
Nasa says @placeholder has a pretty good seat for this cosmic event - if there are no clouds.