The Meteor Shower December 2008 activity will consist of seven special meteor streams. There will be an abundance of viewing opportunities for novice meteor shower viewing as well as more experienced meteor shower enthusiasts. Last month the moon was an immense problem for viewing and regrettably December may fall to the moon’s wrath again. The [...]
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Meteor Shower December 2008
The Geminids Meteor Shower of December 2008 is a unique meteor shower because they are associated with an asteroid not a comet like other meteor showers that I have discussed on the site. The asteroid is named 3200 Phaethon, and some would argue that the entity is actually a comet in its final stages of [...]
Meteor Shower December 2008
Meteor Shower December 2008 Update – meteorblog.com The Geminids Meteor Shower of 2008 takes its name from the Constellation Gemini because Geminids meteors originate from a point close to the star named Castor within the constellation. So where do you look to find Gemini? If you know where Orion resides in the sky then you [...]
