Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight
The most reliable meteor shower of the year, the Geminids, is on its way – make plans to enjoy the light show.
The Geminid meteor shower 2012, the final major meteor shower of every year and likely to be the best, peaks overnight Dec. 13 until dawn on Dec. 14. The weather forecast for Johns Creek calls for clear skies in the overnight, with a low of 30 degrees. If you liked the Perseids meteor shower 2012 in August, you should love this show. NASA reports that the Geminids are a relatively young meteor shower, with the first sightings occurring in the 1830s with rates of about 20 per hour. Over the decades the rates have increased, regularly spawning between 80 and 120 per hour at its peak on a clear evening. The Geminid meteor shower is named after the constellation Gemini, which is located in roughly the same point of the night sky where the …
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