What are the Draconid meteors?
The Draconids are loose, rocky particles and debris that slam into our atmosphere at great speeds.
As they fall across the sky, they leave behind bright streaks and can sometimes erupt into fireballs.
Most meteor showers are named after their radiant point or the point in the sky from which they appear to emerge.
In this case, the Draconids are named after the constellation Draco, which is visible from the Northern Hemisphere.
The Royal Observatory said: “The Draconids are sometimes known as the Giacobinids, named after Michel Giacobini who discovered the Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner from which the meteors come.”
Draconids are also one of the less active showers, only producing about 10 meteors an hour on the night of the peak.
source: express.co.uk