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 [...]
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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 [...]
Meteor Shower December 2008
The most distinguished Meteor Shower of December 2008 is the Geminids. This shower was discovered in 1862 and bewildered astronomers for over a century because they could not hit upon a parent comet accountable for the shower. More than one hundred years later in 1983, after a close encounter with our world, astronomers exposed the [...]
December Meteor Showers of 2008 Information
Hello Meteor Gazers. Welcome to MeteorBlog.com for information on The Geminids Meteor Showers and other meteor showers occurring this month, please click the image on this page or this link: December Meteor Showers
