This year one of 3 fireball rain Gemini meteor shower, reach zenith tonight! Astronomy forecast shows, predict to hourly will 120 had delimited to 150 shooting stars night sky. direct seeding! See meteoric ～
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The origin of Gemini meteor shower?
Gemini meteor shower is more special, we know the origin of general popularity is comet, but the origin of Gemini meteor shower is not comet, however an asteroid. And its origin does not have origin with Gemini actually, because Gemini is apart from us to be besides thousands of light-year, these meteor shower are the tag that carries by the celestial body place that passes the earth is caused commonly, for instance Gemini meteor shower originates an asteroid that the name is the same as for law be stranded, its revolution cycle is 1.4 years, orbit is very flat, from the sun 0.15 astronomical unit.
What is Gemini meteor shower?
Meteor shower is caused by the aerospace rock fragment that falls off on the comet that moves around the sun and asteroid. Gemini meteor shower is the orbit fragment that 3200 laws be stranded is the same as minor planet, it is only two are not one of meteor shower that come from comet. When minor planet is circling the sun to rotate, petrosal is outer become dirt with respect to meeting disintegrate, scatter in the orbit rear of minor planet. Next the mine field that our heavenly body crossed this to bestrew dirt in December, the fragment of minor planet bumps our aerosphere with high speed, aerospace rock burns in our sky, produce bright stripe light to be viewed and admire for us.
Gemini meteor shower has 3 big characteristics:
It is color slants white;
2 it is meteoroid speed slower;
3 it is bright shooting star a lot of, often bolide appears.
The brightness of celestial or heavenly body that distinction of Gemini meteor shower is showing a characteristic at a of Leo meteor shower is a shooting star medium, colour abounds big, speed; to visual observation person for have very strong appeal, and the amount of its shooting star is even larger than Leo meteor shower. Below ideal celestial condition, horary academic and zenithal discharge is controlled in 120.
