Meteor shower December 13-14
Just thought I'd share this:
The full article is at http://www.space.com/spacewatch/071207-ns-geminids.html
As I've said before I find meteoroids very exciting! I surely will be out watching for this meteor shower. Will you?
Best Meteor Shower of 2007 Peaks Dec. 13
"What could be the best meteor display of the year will reach its peak on the night of Dec.13-14.
Here is what astronomers David Levy and Stephen Edberg have written of the annual Geminid Meteor Shower: "If you have not seen a mighty Geminid fireball arcing gracefully across an expanse of sky, then you have not seen a meteor."
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There is a fair chance of perhaps catching sight of some "Earth-grazing" meteors. Earth grazers are long, bright shooting stars that streak overhead from a point near to even just below the horizon. Such meteors are so distinctive because they follow long paths nearly parallel to our atmosphere.
The Geminids begin to appear noticeably more numerous in the hours after 10 p.m. local time, because the shower's radiant is already fairly high in the eastern sky by then. The best views, however, come around 2 a.m., when their radiant point will be passing very nearly overhead."
The full article is at http://www.space.com/spacewatch/071207-ns-geminids.html
As I've said before I find meteoroids very exciting! I surely will be out watching for this meteor shower. Will you?
