Geminid Meteor Rain Peak Will Happen This Month, Save The Date!

Geminid meteor shower display (photo: dock. NASA)

JAKARTA The Geminid meteor shower is an annual phenomenon that always occurs at the end of the year. Geminid is active from November 19 to December 24 and the peak will occur in mid-December.

Geminid can be seen clearly from the northern hemisphere. Although it doesn't look as good as in the north, the southern hemisphere can also see the view of this meteor shower. This year, the peak of the Geminid meteor shower will occur on December 13 and 14.

Unfortunately, Geminid this year was not as clear as the previous year. Citing Space's report, the peak of the Geminid meteor shower will occur when the young sickle reaches 90 percent information and the full moon occurs a few days later, to be precise on December 15.

That way, the moon's light will cover the meteor with a fainter light. Although some meteorites will be covered, astronomers can still see a larger and brighter meteor. If there is no disturbance, astronomers can see 150 meteors per hour.

Geminid meteor showers can be clearly seen because the light comes from the asteroid Phaeton, an astronomical object that is strange because this asteroid acts like a comet. This asteroid is believed to have collided with other objects in the past.

Phaeton orbits the sun every 1.4 years. When the Earth passes through the debris that Phaeton had passed, this asteroid will enter the atmosphere and become a heated atmosphere. In the end, this asteroid will burn while causing bursts of bright light.

Geminid meteor showers have been routinely occurring for hundreds of years. According to a note known by observers, the first Geminid was seen in 1833 from a boat on the Mississippi River. Every year, this rain is expected to strengthen.

Based on a report by one of NASA's astronomers, Bill Cooke, Jupiter's gravity attracts particle flow from Geminid's meteor shower source. If you are interested in seeing this meteor shower, you can pay attention to Gemini's constellation located in the northeast of the Orion constellation, between Taurus and Cancer. Gemini can be seen clearly at night.