Asteroid Shower -- Peaks tonight 10PM > Dawn!

[HCE SuiGeneris]

The best meteor shower of 2007 peaks on Friday, December 14th.

"It's the Geminid meteor shower," says NASA astronomer Bill Cooke of the Marshall Space Flight Center. "Start watching on Thursday evening, Dec. 13th, around 10 pm local time," he advises. "At first you might not see very many meteors—but be patient. The show really heats up after midnight and by dawn on Friday, Dec. 14th, there could be dozens of bright meteors per hour streaking across the sky."

Right: A Geminid meteor in 2006 photographed by Christopher Colley of Lombard, Illinois.

The Geminids are not ordinary meteors. While most meteor showers come from comets, Geminids come from an asteroid—a near-Earth object named 3200 Phaethon.

"It's very strange," says Cooke. How does an asteroid make a meteor shower?

more here: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/03dec_asteroidshower.htm

[tekisui]

1. Thanks, I'll look up.

[MADem]

2. It's snowing. I don't think we'll see much.... nt

[HCE SuiGeneris]

3. Best view before Friday dawn looking West...

maybe it will clear up for you by then...

[MADem]

5. I actually have a great view to the west from my house....but I think it might snow all night.

We'll see!

[The Straight Story]

4. Thanks for the info! Wife says I need a shower anyway

so I will check it out tonight :)

[HCE SuiGeneris]

6. Don't forget to towel off...

you might catch cold out there. ;-)

[B Calm]

7. Cool.. I have to drive 550 miles starting out at 3 am this morning

I'll be looking for them...

[HCE SuiGeneris]

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