INTERNATIONAL NEWS AND VIDEO - According to NASA, the annual Geminid meteor shower has arrived. It’s a good time to bundle up, go outside and let the universe blow your mind!
“With August’s Perseids obscured by bright moonlight, the Geminids will be the best shower this year,” said Bill Cooke with NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office. “The thin, waning crescent Moon won’t spoil the show.”
The shower will peak overnight (December 13 -14) with rates around one per minute under good conditions, according to Cooke.
Geminids can be seen on nights before and after the December 14 peak, although they will appear less frequently.
“Geminid activity is broad,” said Cooke. “Good rates will be seen between 19:30 on December 13 and dawn local time the morning of December 14, with the most meteors visible from midnight to 04:00 on December 14, when the radiant is highest in the sky.”
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