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A comet shower is a short-lived burst in the flux of comets entering the inner Solar System from the Oort cloud. Comet showers are thought to be triggered primarily by relatively close passages of nearby stars with the Solar System. Comet showers are not considered an impact threat on Earth.
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Raymond, S.N. (2014). Comet Shower. In: Amils, R., et al. Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27833-4_330-2
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