Geminid Meteor Shower 2019

The famous geminid meteor shower will sling bright shooting stars this winter though a just past full moon will make all but the brightest hard to see.

Geminid meteor shower 2019. The shower owes its name to the constellation gemini. To the left. The shower will peak on dec.

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List of meteor showers. The geminids are considered to be one of the most spectacular meteor showers of the year with the possibility of sighting around 120 meteors per hour at its peak which is on december 13 or 14 depending on your time zone. In 2020 the geminids will peak on the night between dec 13 14.

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He is working on the american meteor society under the. How to see the 2019 geminid meteor shower peak tonight despite bright moon. This year the shower will peak on the evening of december 13 and 14.

The geminid meteor shower occurs every year when the asteroid 3200 phaethon named after the greek myth of phaëthon son of the sun god helio passes by the sun leaving behind a dusty. The shower is expected to peak late tonight into the midnight.