After washing at December 2016 supermoon, the Geminids will roar again in 2017. The famous and clear meteor shower will reach its peak at (December 13th and tomorrow December 14th). Watch Geminids live on Space.com. Starts at 6 pm. EST (2300 GMT). Courtesy of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
Geminids are one of best meteorites every year because different meteors are bright, and the peak can see stars across the sky at speed of 120 meteors per hour. Under the skies dirty by light, less meteors are visible.
Geminids are known to crop more than 100 meteors per hour. During their peak and astronomers faced an amazing view last night.
According to the Royal Greenwich Observatory (ROG): Meteor shower made more than 75 shooting stars per hour tonight.
The ROG joked: "Geminid meteor shower is the last of the most important rains of the year. In general, you can rely on it to show it well.
Geminid meteor shower is 200 years old, According to known data. The first recorded in 1833 of a boat on the Mississippi River and remains strong. It is stronger. This is because the gravity of Jupiter has drawn the flow of particles from the source of the shower, the 3200th Phaethon, closer to the Earth over the centuries.
> When To See These:
The meteors will peak around 2:00 am, the local time from where you are watching. Also, can be seen from 9:00 to 10 pm.
The Geminids, as the name suggests, seems to come from the bright group of Gemini (the twins). To find the Gemini in the northern hemisphere, look in the southwestern sky, for the collection of Orion, which is easily visible from the three stars in the "belt" of the hunter. Then look up and to the left of Orion to see the Twins, high in the southwestern sky. In the southern hemisphere, Gemini appears in the lower right side of Orion and both will be put off in the northwestern sky.
While meteors seem far from Gemini, they can seem all over the sky. For best results, you should look a bit far from Gemini so you can see meteors with longer "tails" as they flash. Looking directly at the Gemini you will only show meteors which do not travel very far.
> From Where These Come From?
The Geminids links with the object near the Earth 3200 Phaethon. An asteroid which could have hit with another object in the distant past to make the flow of particles, which Earth runs into. Creating meteor showers.
The asteroid orbits sun every 1.4 years. From time to time it lines with the Earth (at a safe distance). Also passes very close to the Sun, within the orbit of Mercury. Only 0.15 astronomical units of the Sun. (An astronomical unit is a distance between the sun and the Earth. Which is about 93 million miles or 150 million km).
The rocks in space that are about to collide with the Earth's atmosphere are called meteoroids. Those that run through the atmosphere are called meteors. If they reach the ground, (which will not happen with the Geminids. As the particles are too small to survive the journey) rocks are called meteorites.
> For Getting Best View:
Meteor showers do not need binoculars or telescopes to see, only with the naked eye. Find a comfortable place to lie down on the ground. Away from the lights. Ideally, in a dark area of the sky. Bring a blanket. Get dressed warmly if it gets cold. Give your eyes about 20-30 minutes to adapt to the darkness. Sit back and enjoy the show.
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