What time is the Geminid meteor shower What time does the Geminid meteor shower start?

The Geminid meteor shower revisits Earth on December 7 Beijing will be observed on December 13.

Following the Leonid meteor shower, the famous Geminid meteor shower will return to Earth starting on the 7th of this month. Unlike in the past, the "mother" of this meteor shower is not a comet, but a stony asteroid. This year's Geminid meteor shower lasts 10 days, and ideally, the zenith flow can reach 120 pieces per hour.

Beijing citizens can observe it with the naked eye.

Kou Wen, a teacher at the Beijing Planetarium, suggested that the best place to observe meteor showers is to choose a suburb far away from the city and have a wide field of vision, so as to avoid the influence of lights and high-rise buildings. Beijing's Tongzhou, Daxing, Shunyi and Miyun are all good observation sites.

Special Reminder According to Mr. Kou Wen of the Beijing Planetarium, the activity range of the Geminid meteor shower this year is from December 7th to 14th, and the best observation time in Beijing is the 13th and 14th, because the Geminid rises from the eastern horizon before 7 o'clock in the evening, rises near the zenith in the second half of the night, and turns to the low western sky before dawn, so the Geminid meteor shower can be observed all night. Especially in the early morning of the 14th, the number of sightings will be the largest. At 6:20 a.m. on the 14th, a maximum zenith flow of 120 pieces per hour was reached.

For this year's Geminid meteor shower, the planetarium will not organize group observations.

On the nights of the 13th and 14th of this month, we can expect to see a Geminid meteor every 30 seconds.

The Geminid meteor shower is one of the stronger meteor showers that occur every year. It is "opened" on December 6 every year, but it does not reach its maximum until the 13th and 14th. Unlike Leonids, the Geminid meteor shower can last anywhere from 1 to 2 days, so observers from all over the world have the opportunity to catch a glimpse of it.

Usually at maximum levels, one meteor can be seen every 30 seconds, with an average of 120 per hour.

According to the forecast of the International Meteor Organization, this year's Geminid meteor shower will occur from December 7 to 17, with a peak period of 18 o'clock Beijing time on December 14, and the number of meteors can reach up to 120. In order to avoid the influence of moonlight, the most suitable observation time is from 1:30 to 2 o'clock on the 14th and 15th, a short period of time after the moon sets and before dawn. In addition, in the early morning of the 13th and 14th, it can also be observed.

Observing the Geminid meteor shower is as simple as finding an open spot and setting the field of view near the zenith.

The Geminid meteor shower is coming to Earth.

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01 The specific appearance time of the meteor shower is on December 14th, and the maximum starts at 3 pm on the 14th, I want to remind everyone that it is extremely large at this point in time, and it can still be reached at night, it will continue to appear, and it will not end until December 17 (Friday).

We can see several meteor showers every year, but only two of the most extreme ones are the Perseid meteor shower and the Geminid meteor shower. As the last major meteor shower in 2021, the Geminid meteor shower has naturally attracted a lot of attention.

The 2021 Geminid meteor shower reaches its peak at 3 p.m. on December 14, which is the best time to see it. But I want to remind everyone that it is very large at this point in time, and it can still be reached at night, and it will continue to appear until December 17 (Friday).

Due to the large number of Geminid meteor showers, they can be seen from any location, but the premise is that they need a high-altitude field of vision, like under the high-rise buildings in the city.

Gemini, one of the 88 zodiac signs of the modern eraMeteor showersThe velocity of meteoroids will appear slower than that of meteor showers in other constellations, and the color is also white, so everyone will be very interested in such meteor showers, do you know what months and days of the year they appear? Let's find out.

The Geminid meteor shower is a meteor shower that appears near the constellation Gemini as a radiant. The Geminid meteor shower, together with the Quadrantids and Perseids, is known as the three major meteor showers in the Northern Hemisphere, which generally visit the Earth from December 4 to 17 every year, and the maximum zenith flow can reach about 120 meteors per hour.

The Geminid meteor shower is one of the few meteor showers with a non-comet parent (the other being the Quadrantid meteor shower that appears in early January) and its parent is the asteroid 3200 Phaethon.

Many familiar meteor swarms are very old, such as Perseus and Leo. But the Gemini meteor group is very young, only appeared in the middle of the 19th century, and initially had a low flow of 10 to 20 meteors per hour. Since then, its traffic has increased every year and it has become the main meteor group every year.

In 1998, the number of Gemini meteors observed reached 140 meteors per hour. At maximum hours, observers with good observation conditions can see more meteors.

Ever since the Geminid meteor cluster was noticed in 1862, the search for its parent comet has been underway. It wasn't until 1983 that the moon discovered that it was not a comet in the same orbit, but a stony asteroid. No. 3200 phaeton.

The period of this asteroid is years, the orbit is flattened, and the astronomical unit is observed.

In December 1997, it passed near the Earth at a distance of only astronomical units. There has been a lot of debate about whether Phaeton is an asteroid or a comet. Its spectrum looks like a stony asteroid, but its orbit resembles that of a comet.

It passed by the sun without a comet tail, but fragments were formed, forming a meteor shower. By analyzing the ** of the twin meteors, scientists estimated that the density of the Gemini meteor material is 1 2 m cc, which is lower than the 3 m cc density of a standard asteroid, but several times greater than the density of a comet. Some believe that Phaeton is an exhausted or dormant comet with a thick layer of interplanetary dust on its outer surface.

Therefore, it does not have the appearance of an asteroid, but it has the core of a comet.

Geminid meteor shower in 2011.

The constellation Gemini can be seen in our country, so this meteor shower can.

There are four relatively stable meteor showers each year, the Quadrantids in January, the Lyrid meteor shower in April, the Perseid I meteor shower in August, and the Geminid meteor shower in December. However, this year, except for the January meteor shower, which had good observation conditions, the other three were all affected by moonlight.

December 14: Geminid meteor shower.

This year's meteor showers are really not powerful, and they are affected by moonlight almost every time. This Geminid meteor shower is no exception. The radiant Gemini rises in the east around 20 o'clock, and there are two brighter stars in this constellation, Beihe II and Beihe III, so the whole constellation will not be difficult to recognize.

There should be a fixed direction to see the meteor shower, the Geminid meteor shower can be seen from the east after nightfall, and the whole constellation will gradually rise over time. The Moon rises in the east from around 10 p.m., so the entire meteor observation phase is disturbed, and until the next day, the Moon is always northwest of the constellation Gemini.

So in general, the observation conditions are also average, and if the landlord is interested, he can wait. However, the landlord should not think that the meteor shower looks like it is raining as the TV says, this is called a meteor shower, which is very rare. The most recent meteor shower was the 2001 Leonid meteor shower.

Although these are not good this year, it is really necessary to watch these meteor swarms next year, because these few will hardly have the influence of moonlight.

**A few things to keep in mind when it comes to meteor showers:

1.Find the radiant of the meteor shower, don't look at the sky aimlessly, for example, the Quadrantid meteor shower a few days ago, the radiant rises at about 1 o'clock in the eastern sky, so we need to look in the direction of the eastern sky: the best time to observe is in the second half of the night.

2.To find a place with less light pollution and the best air, the light source is a big obstacle to seeing the meteor shower, so the place you find should have at least about 100 stars to see, so that the effect will be better.

3.Dark adaptation, when looking at the starry sky from a place of light to a dark place, it takes about a minute to get your eyes used to the darkness.

4.When watching meteor showers, you need to use star charts, flashlights and other tools to find the radiant points, and remember to cover a layer of red cloth when looking at the star map with a flashlight, so that it will not be too dazzling and affect**.

5.Remember to see with the naked eye, it is not suitable to use a telescope to see meteor showers, because the field of view of the telescope is too small, the field of view seen by the naked eye is relatively large, the number of sights is more, and the opportunity is relatively large, from the perspective of the earth, there will be more meteors in the second half of the night, which is also very related to the brightness of the sky and the surrounding environment, because many people have fallen asleep in the second half of the night, the light pollution is naturally smaller, and the brightness of the sky is darker, which is more conducive to watching meteors.

6.**In winter, you should pay attention to keeping warm in meteor showers, you can get a blanket on the ground to cushion it, pay attention to keeping warm.

7.Record the number of fire meteors and bright meteors you see, and count how many meteors you see.

Enjoy watching.

Hope it helps.

December meteor shower name: Geminids

Matrix: 3200 phaethon (planet).

Radiant point: Gemini

Expected date of appearance: 13th-14th.

Description: The most stable and colorful meteor showers of the year, with about 65% white and 26% yellow, and the rest blue, red and green. The Geminid meteor shower is the only meteor shower that is not the parent body of the comet, and its parent body is the asteroid 3200 phaethon.

The flow rate can be hundreds of pieces per hour at peak times.

A meteor shower is not like a solar eclipse, it can be seen halfway around the world (night hemisphere). It can be seen in almost all parts of our country. There is no need for equipment such as telescopes, and you can watch meteor showers with the naked eye, so that the angle of view is larger.

Although December 13-14 (the 19th-20th day of the 11th lunar month), the 15th is just 4-5 days old. The full moon will bring severe light damage, which will reduce the observation effect of meteor showers. But the most affected by moonlight is photographic observations, and if a longer ** time is used, some fainter meteors will be submerged in the background skylight.

The impact of visual observation is relatively small.

So when the weather is good, I suggest you choose a place in the open field on the outskirts of the city without light pollution, after dark, with close lovers, wait patiently for some time, I believe there will be a harvest, good luck!

The Geminid meteor shower occurs around December 13-14 each year.

The Geminid meteor shower is coming to Earth.

It's true that there is no time.

A distinctive feature of the Geminid meteor shower is that meteors have a bright star, medium velocity, and rich colors, which are highly attractive to visual observers. Its annual active period starts on December 7 and ends on December 17. According to the forecast, it is very likely to appear this year from 9 o'clock on the 14th to the early morning of the 15th Beijing time.

The Geminid meteor shower's radiant rises almost shortly after sunset, so we can observe meteors in its group throughout the night.

After 6 p.m. on December 14, the best places to observe are in the United States and Australia.

The 2011 Geminid meteor shower is highly likely to occur from 9 a.m. Beijing time on December 14 to the early morning of December 15. I think you should be in the high ground to see it...

From the evening of December 14, 2011 to the early morning of December 15, 2011, that's about the time.

Appears at approximately 6:45 on December 14. Now take a look. I see the red one!

December 14 from 9 p.m. to early morning 15. I missed it, cry!!

December 7-17 happens to be also Gemini anticipation =w=

It starts after 9 o'clock tonight!

From the evening of December 14 to the early morning of December 15

From 9 a.m. on December 14 to early morning on December 15, Beijing time.

From 9 p.m. on the 14th to the early morning of the 15th!

It occurs around December 13 and 14 every year, and the maximum flow rate can reach 120 pieces per hour, and the flow rate is extremely large and lasts for a long time. The Geminid meteor shower originates from an asteroid.

The Geminid meteor shower is coming to Earth.