October 13, 2009
Dust particles shed by Halley's Comet create our annual Orionid meteor shower, which peaks on the morning of Oct. 21 every year. Shown here (lower left) as it appeared in our sky on March 17, 1986, Halley's Comet itself won't be seen from Earth again until the year 2061.
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