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Tips for Viewing the Peak of the Geminids Meteor Shower
The Geminids meteor shower, caused by asteroid debris, can produce around 120 bright meteors per hour visible without equipment from dark locations, experts say.
- Turn your attention skyward Saturday evening for the Geminids meteor shower peak Saturday night into Sunday morning, offering the year's best bright streaks in the Northern Hemisphere.
- Originating from asteroid 3200 Phaethon, the Geminids shower is unique as it comes from a 3.17-mile object rather than a comet, NASA describes Phaethon as a possible `rock comet`.
- NASA says under ideal conditions observers can see up to 120 meteors per hour; start at 10 p.m., look east toward Gemini, lie flat, and watch until about 4 a.m.
- Forecasts show cloudy skies, snow and bitter cold that could impede viewing despite some clear windows Friday night into early Saturday morning and Sunday night into early Monday morning, while the moon will be only around 26% illuminated.
- Because the debris is larger and heavier, Geminids involve larger, heavier asteroid fragments causing brighter meteors; ionized trails reflect radio waves as `pings`, and LiveMeteors.com meteor detector aims at a Canadian TV tower.
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