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GRODNO, 13 August (BelTA) — The Perseid shower peaks on the night going into 13 August. The Perseid has been recurring for centuries as it is the result of Earth passing through a cloud of dust left behind Comet Swift-Tuttle. The dust particles enter Earth’s atmosphere at extremely fast speeds, they burn up, resulting in the wonderful show that is a meteor shower.