The next meteor shower of December 2008, the Ursids, will be more easily observed this year because the moon will be in a crescent phase during their peak on December 22nd. The Ursids Meteor Shower is produced by the comet 8P/Tuttle that passed Earth in its 13.6-year orbit sometime in January of this year. For [...]
Posts from ‘December, 2008’
Meteor Facts for Fun
You can all sleep easy tonight! Not only because the Geminids Meteor Shower is coming to its end, but your home owner’s insurance policy is likely to cover a meteor falling on your house. I should add that most meteors burn up about sixty miles high in our atmosphere, so you won’t need to check, [...]
Next Meteor Shower
The next meteor shower on our meteor shower calendar is the Ursids. I believe that this shower will be better than the Geminids meteor shower of 2008. The Ursids are on schedule to peak December 22nd in the morning hours after midnight. Like last month the moon washed out most of the visible meteors, but [...]
The Geminids Meteor Shower Peaks This Morning
I have good news and bad news. The bad news is that the moon will be the fullest it has been all year and will lie in the radiant (Gemini) of the Geminids Meteor Shower. The good news is that the Geminids Meteor Shower is peaking between midnight and dawn on December 13th and usually [...]
