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Topic: Geminid Meteor ShowerWritten by Molly Porter
“With August’s Perseids obscured by bright moonlight, the Geminids will be the best shower this year,” said Bill Cooke with NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office. “The thin, waning crescent Moon won’t spoil the show.” «Read the rest of this article» Sections: Technology | No Comments
NASA says look to the skies Saturday night for the Geminid Meteor ShowerWritten by Tony Phillips
“It’s going to be cold,” says Bill Cooke of NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office. “But that is the best time to see the 2013 Geminid meteor shower.” «Read the rest of this article» Sections: Technology | No Comments
NASA says look at the skies December 13th-14th for annual Geminid Meteor Shower
A live Ustream feed of the skies over NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center will also be embedded on this page on the night of the chat. «Read the rest of this article» Sections: Technology | No Comments
NASA’s STEREO probes discovers Rock Comet’s TailWritten by Dr. Tony Phillips
Every year in mid-December the sky fills with flashes of light shooting out of the constellation Gemini. The Geminids are fast, bright, and reliable. They never fail to show up and many observers count them as the finest meteors of the year. But where do they come from? That is the puzzle. «Read the rest of this article» Sections: Technology | No Comments
NASA reports Comet Wirtanen could produce New Meteor Shower in December on the same nights as Geminid Meteor ShowerWritten by Dr. Tony Phillips
“The source of the new shower is Comet Wirtanen,” says Bill Cooke of NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office. “Dust from this comet hitting Earth’s atmosphere could produce as many as 30 meteors per hour.” «Read the rest of this article» Sections: Technology | No Comments
NASA reports Geminid Meteor Shower to peak on December 13th and 14thWritten by Dr. Tony Phillips
“It’s the Geminid meteor shower–set to peak on December 13th and 14th,” says Bill Cooke of NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office. “Although the Geminids come every year, we still don’t fully understand them.” «Read the rest of this article» Sections: News | No Comments
Quadrantids Will Create Brief, Beautiful Show on January 4thWritten by Janet Anderson
Peaking in the wee morning hours of January 4th, the Quadrantids have a maximum rate of about 100 per hour, varying between 60-200. The waxing gibbous moon will set around 3:00am local time, leaving about two hours of excellent meteor observing before dawn. It’s a good thing, too, because unlike the more famous Perseid and Geminid meteor showers, the Quadrantids only last a few hours — it’s the morning of January 4th, or nothing. ![]() False-color image of a rare early Quadrantid, captured by a NASA meteor camera in 2010. (NASA/MSFC/MEO/B. Cooke) «Read the rest of this article» Sections: Technology | No Comments
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