Geminid Meteor Shower: Get ready for peppering nightime sky this week
New Delhi : This December, the world is going to watch the most unpredictable sky event. Geminid meteor showers will take place and there can be up to 50 or 60 meteors per hour and it will not bother the clouds overhead or if there is too much moonlight.
It is believed that the skywatchers can enjoy the meteor shower anywhere from the Earth. And, the most interesting things are that the meteors will come from the debris not from a comet but an asteroids called 3200 Phaethon.
Scientists say that the Earth passes through this debris and these particles come crashing through our upper atmosphere at roughly 80,000 miles per hour. These tiny pieces of space rocks are heavy in in magnesium, sodium, and iron and as these elements burn up they produce brilliant colors.
To inform, the meteors travel a little slower because they are made of these different materials than other showers.
Conversely, the meteors are said to radiate from the constellation Gemini, which will be below the horizon at around 2 a.m, streaking across the sky.
The Geminid Meteor Shower will take place around the mornings of December 13 and 14, 2018. The meteors are believed to be bold, white and quick. Therefore, find a space from where you can gaze a dark, open sky. You may plan to sprawl back in a hammock, lawn chair or on ground and enjoy the million dollars moments to come.
