Throughout the year the earth revolves around the sun, passing through currents of cosmic debris. The resulting meteor showers can illuminate the night sky from dusk to dusk, and if you’re lucky you’ll be able to catch a glimpse.
The next fountain you will see is known as Geminids. Active from 4 December to 20 December, it is likely to peak from Sunday night to Monday morning or from 13 to 14 December.
Geminids, with a quarter arriving in January, are believed to have originated not from a comet, but from asteroid-like space rocks. Gemini’s 3200 is believed to have been created by an object called Phaeton (a planet or Japanese space mission, Destiny +, to be visited later this decade). If you manage to watch them, this meteor shower will brighten the night sky with 120 to 160 meteors per hour.
According to the International Meteorological Organization, many showers are mostly visible after midnight and before dawn. According to the International Meteorological Organization, geminoids may appear in some places as early as 10 p.m. Can last up to.
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Where the meteor shower comes from
If you see a meteor shower, what you usually see is the remnants of an icy comet that collapses into the Earth’s atmosphere. Comets are like dirty snowballs: as they travel through the solar system, they leave traces of rocks and ice dust that remain in space long after their departure. As the Earth passes through these cascades of comet debris, fragments of debris – which can be as small as grains of sand – pierce the sky at such a speed that they explode, creating celestial fireworks displays.
The general rule of thumb with meteor showers: You never see the Earth cross in the remnants of the comet’s latest orbit. Instead, the burning bits come from the back pass. For example, during the Persid meteor shower you will see meteors coming out of its parent comet, comet Swift-Tuttle, not from its most recent pass in 1992, but from 182 or earlier.
That’s because it takes time for debris from a comet’s orbit to move to a point where it intersects with Earth’s orbit, according to NASA meteorite atmosphere Office Office astronomer Bill Cook.
How to watch
The best way to see a meteor shower is to get to a place that has a clear view of the night sky. Ideally, it would be somewhere with city lights and dark skies away from traffic. To maximize your chances of catching the show, find a venue that offers a wide, unobstructed view.
Bits and meteor shower pieces are visible for a certain period of time, but they definitely go to the top from evening to morning on a given few days. The days when the Earth’s orbit passes through the most Ga stream part of the cosmic stream. Meteor showers can vary in their peaks, some reaching their maximum for several hours and some for several nights.
It is best to use your naked eye to see the meteor shower. Binoculars or telescopes limit your field of view. You have to spend about half an hour in the dark to let your eyes light up. Stargazers should be warned that moonlight and weather can obscure the show. But if that happens, there are usually live streams of meteors, such as those hosted by NASA and Sloha.
The International Meteorological Organization lists the various meteor showers to be seen in 2020. Or you can get more information about some of the rains this year that are likely to appear below:
