Why and how do meteor showers occur?
When it comes to Solar System, in addition to the planets, there are other objects orbiting the sun.
Planets revolve around the sun in their respective circular orbits.
Meteoroids orbit the sun in a lopsided manner. A meteoroid is a space rock. It is a small, broken away piece from a comet or an asteroid. The size of a meteoroid can be from 0.1 millimeter to 100 meters.
