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What comet is believed to be the originator of the Taurids meteor showers?

3D/Biela

1P/Halley

2P/Encke

29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann

2P/Encke) is a periodic comet that completes an orbit of the Sun once every 3.3 years (the shortest period of a reasonably bright comet). It is believed to be the originator of several related meteor showers known as the Taurids (which are encountered as the Northern and Southern Taurids across November, and the Beta Taurids in late June and early July).

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