The Geminid meteor shower — the most reliable meteor shower of the year — will peak on the night of Dec. 13-14, with up to 120 meteors per hour.
An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky .The annual Gemini d meteor shower peaks this week, with the night of Saturday, Dec. 13, into the early hours of Sunday, Dec. 14, the best time to look.
It’s one of the best meteor showers of the year, with up to 120 bright and colorful meteors often visible across the Northern Hemisphere. The Geminid meteor shower — the most reliable meteor shower of the year — will peak on the night of Dec. 13-14, with up to 120 meteors per hour.Under dark skies, the Geminids can produce up to 120 meteors per hour that tend to be bright, slow and sometimes colorful, often leaving glowing trails across the sky. Its “shooting stars” — tiny meteorites striking Earth’s atmosphere — will appear to radiate from the constellation Gemini. However, you don’t need to look directly at the radiant point to see them because meteors can appear anywhere overhead. Most meteor showers are at their best between midnight and 4:00 a.m., but since Gemini will be high in the sky from about 10:00 p.m., this is a meteor shower that can be enjoyed late on Saturday, Dec. 13. A waning crescent moon will rise around 2:00 a.m. on Dec. 14, so most of the night will be moonless, making it perfect for viewing. According to theWhy The Geminids Are Unusual The Geminids are unusual because they are caused from a rocky asteroid-like object called 3200 Phaethon, rather than a typical icy comet. Most meteor showers are caused by Earth passing through a stream of ice and dust left in the inner solar system by a comet, with the stream refreshed each time the comet orbits the sun. Research in 2023 that the Geminids are not only caused by 3200 Phaethon, but were created during a catastrophic event – a high-speed collision between two objects or a gaseous explosion.
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