Me and my husband were going out to watch the Geminid meteor shower tonight but he's never seen a meteor shower before and he's kind of scared. I'm kind of nervous too. It's our first time watching one. What happens during a meteor showe ?
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You'll see fast yellow streaks shoot across the sky, nothing to fear, what you're seeing is rocks from space burning up as they enter the earths atmosphere.
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What happens during a meteor shower is that Earth orbits through a debris trail of comet or an asteroid where Earth's orbit and the comet's orbit intersect.
"...The Geminids are a meteor shower caused by the object 3200 Phaethon,[1] which is thought to be a Palladian asteroid.[2] This would make the Geminids, together with the Quadrantids, the only major meteor showers not originating from a comet. The meteors from this shower are slow moving, can be seen in December and usually peak around the 13th - 14th of the month, with the date of highest intensity being the morning of the 14th. The shower is thought to be intensifying every year and recent showers have seen 120–160 meteors per hour under optimal conditions, generally around 2am to 3am local time. Geminids were first observed only 150 years ago, much more recently than other showers such as the Perseids and Leonids[citation needed]. ..."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geminids
There's nothing to be afraid of, except, maybe, your own scientific illiteracy.
http://meteorshowersonline.com/geminids.…
http://www.nasa.gov/connect/chat/geminid…
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/1…
.
"...The Geminids are a meteor shower caused by the object 3200 Phaethon,[1] which is thought to be a Palladian asteroid.[2] This would make the Geminids, together with the Quadrantids, the only major meteor showers not originating from a comet. The meteors from this shower are slow moving, can be seen in December and usually peak around the 13th - 14th of the month, with the date of highest intensity being the morning of the 14th. The shower is thought to be intensifying every year and recent showers have seen 120–160 meteors per hour under optimal conditions, generally around 2am to 3am local time. Geminids were first observed only 150 years ago, much more recently than other showers such as the Perseids and Leonids[citation needed]. ..."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geminids
There's nothing to be afraid of, except, maybe, your own scientific illiteracy.
http://meteorshowersonline.com/geminids.…
http://www.nasa.gov/connect/chat/geminid…
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/1…
.