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Why does the debris from comets stay in the same place each year, causing consistent meteor showers?

When a comet leaves behind a bunch of dust/ice/rocks as it passes through the inner solar system, it seems like those objects should be moving with respect to the sun--either orbiting or falling in.  Yet, meteor showers happen on the same nights each year, which implies that those debris fields stay stationary with respect to the sun while the Earth moves through its orbit.

Why would this debris be so stationary?  Or does it orbit the sun in exactly the same orbital path as the comet itself?
gpt
> Or does it orbit the sun in exactly the same orbital path as the comet itself?

That is exactly correct. Without any significant work done on the dust particles, they have no choice but to occupy the same orbit as the comet. The comet's entire orbit is dusty.