New meteor shower..

[sjwt]

We have a new meteor shower on its way! YAY

I present the Camelopardalids!

https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/b5bad1d9f4d9

[Tex]

Ooh... I guess I know where I'll be looking Friday night!

[sjwt]

Unfortunately I do not have a view of Polaris, I get a lovely view of the Southen Cross though <G>

[phoenix_ca]

There's so much light pollution here, I doubt I'd see anything.

[cantab]

"Once that happens, the odds that another gravitational interaction will alter their orbit again is very small."

Not really, because when a comet comes into the inner solar system it's coming through the territory of several planets (Jupiter in particular) that can change its path, especially if it's in a low-inclination orbit. As evidenced by the respectable number of periodic comets. And if a comet encounters Jupiter once, it's likely to encounter it again eventually.