COMET SHOWER 36 MYA Compare to Nowadays?

Question

Whats the difference between a comet shower 36 million years ago and the rate at which we see comets nowadays?
I read this article by the late Gene Shoemaker about a comet shower 36 million years ago.
http://mr.caltech.edu/media/lead/052198KF.html

Its called a comet "shower" even though it was spread out over two and a half million years. That sound like now with only a few comets we see in our lifetimes. If one lived back then, would one have seen more comets more often or what?

Answer 1

. Comets were formed about 4 billion years ago along with the planets. None have been formed since then so there must be fewer now since they keep hitting other stuff and breaking up. I suppose in another 4 billion years, they'll all be gone. sniff. .

Answer 2

Hi. Another star may have passed close enough to us to change the orbits of many objects in the Oort cloud. This would be more like a "comet shower" with a number of objects larger than 'normal' meteoroids.