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Geminid Meteor Shower

Posted by timothy on from the bribe-the-rooster dept.

Inferno Intelligence writes: "spaceweather.com is reporting that there will be another meteor shower real soon. They are reporting that '[t]he shower [will] peak on Dec. 13th and 14th!' 'What are the Geminid meteors? Scientists aren't sure. Perhaps chips off an exotic asteroid or dust from an extinct comet.' After last months Leonid Shower, I won't miss this one!" Since I slept through the Leonids, I hope I don't miss this one, too.

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  1. NASA website posts Geminid meteor info by swimfastom · · Score: 5, Informative

    NASA has a great article about Geminid meteors. The number of meteors has increased greatly since first they first appeared in the mid-1800's. NASA also provides a video taken from a man in CA, December 13, 1998.

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  2. Don't worry if you miss this one. by fireboy1919 · · Score: 5, Informative

    The Ursids are next.

    They max out on December 22-23.

    Is there something particularly interesting about something that happens pretty much every year? Why didn't Slashdot report them last year? And why only these last two?

    Here's the schedule, by the way.

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