Multiple Choice
The Lyrid meteor shower occurs every year on approximately April 21 because
A) the Lyrae constellation is directly overhead at midnight.
B) Earth passes through a cloud of debris left behind by Comet Thatcher.
C) Earth passes through a cloud of debris left over from the Solar System's formation.
D) Earth undergoes a periodic volcanic eruption every April.
E) the Sun is located in the Lyrae constellation at noon.
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