Famous Gemini meteor shower can have delimited in this winter the vault of heaven, although the full moon of firm past can let besides the brightest individual the celestial or heavenly body besides becomes watch hard. The shooting star of NASA studies expert Bill Cooke makes clear, this grand meeting is in in December 13 reach a peak to 14 days. After although be in,fastigium passes, still see possibly also in a few days of later bright meteor shower. This meteor shower is considered as annual one of the most marvellous meteor shower landscape, because some shooting stars are very bright, they are fast and drastically passes by a sky. Because of the reason of moon, horary this year meeting has 20-30 right-and-left shooting star is visible.
" this won't be very disappointing, because this meteor shower is met,a lot of bolide arise in sky, " although Youyueguang is affected, cooke expresses. According to the time zone of your place, this the optimal observation time of Gemini meteor shower was controlled at 2 o'clock in the morning.
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According to the record that can examine, gemini meteor shower had had history of nearly 200 years -- the observation that has a record for the first time happened 1833 on an inland-water-ways vessel on the Mississippi -- and it still is continueing to increase. In fact, its intensity becomes stronger really, because the gravitation of Jupiter is in drag flow particle from meteoric source,this is, since a few centuries, minor planet 3200Phaethon becomes more stand by the earth.
The observation time of Gemini meteor shower
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This second meteor shower will be in you are located positional before dawn reached peak value at 2 o'clock, but the earliest time that sees a shooting star is 9-10 is nodded in the evening.
Gemini meteor shower, just as its name implies is the Gemini that will shine axiomatically. Want to find Gemini in the Northern Hemisphere, the sky that needs westerly south searchs Orion, this is very easy from the hunter " on chatelaine " discovery. Then upgrade looks, again to Orion left look, it is located in southwest square headroom. If be,look in the Southern Hemisphere, so the right lower part that Gemini is in Orion, two constellation in the sky are located in northwestern.
Although this second meteor shower is it seems that fly from Gemini from, but they may appear in the sky any one place, you should be gone to the direction of a few watchs Gemini deviate, ability sees those who grow the shooting star is long " tail " ; Watch Gemini star to be able to see the shooting star of stone's throw only directly.
In fact, the round-the-clock camera of American spaceflight bureau was caught 2018 patted a few very wonderful Gemini beautiful scenery.
Where does Gemini meteor shower come from?
Gemini and be stranded of law of close ground celestial bodies are loose (Phaethon, 3200) about, this is an asteroid, the likelihood collides in distant past and another celestial body happening, the particle that arose to bump into the earth flows, formed meteor shower thereby.
Minor planet circles sun revolution 1.4 every years. It can stand by the earth now and then (be in in safe distance) , and special also stand by the sun, move inside mercurial orbit, distance sun has 0.15 astronomical unit only. (astronomical unit -- the main unit of astronomical middle distance, its length is close to Yuride to be apart from on average: About 93 million miles or 150 million kilometer. )
In aerospace be about to the rock of aerosphere of dash against earth is called meteoroid, those cross the shooting star be callinged of aerosphere quickly, if they reached the floor (Gemini meteor shower is nonexistent this kind of circumstance, because its grain is too little, cannot save in whole process come down) , be called aerolite.
How to obtain optimal watch eye shot
Of meteor shower watch do not need binoculars or binoculars -- need naked look only. A comfortable place is found on the ground, be far from the light, best the celestial area that can see night. If weather is cold, ask the rug on the belt and put on warm clothes. The eye that gives you makes an appointment with 20-30 minute time will get used to darkness, sit to admire meteor shower next can.
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