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  2. Here's when, where the Geminid meteor shower will be visible ...

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    During meteor showers, many meteors travel through Earth's atmosphere over a short period. Most meteors burn up in space. The few that survive the trip and reach the ground and considered meteorites.

  3. One of the best, most reliable meteor showers peaks ... - AOL

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    During the peak of the Geminids meteor shower, 120 meteors can be seen per hour if conditions are perfect. Here’s when and how to see it. One of the best, most reliable meteor showers peaks this ...

  4. Here’s how to watch this year’s brightest meteor shower - AOL

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    At that time the moon will be low in the west and not such a nuisance,” Lunsford said. The American Meteor Society estimates that the Geminids will produce up to 15 visible meteors per hour.

  5. List of meteor showers - Wikipedia

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    This list of meteor streams and peak activity times is based on data from the International Meteor Organization while most of the parent body associations are from Gary W. Kronk book, Meteor Showers: A Descriptive Catalog, Enslow Publishers, New Jersey, ISBN 0-89490-071-4, and from Peter Jenniskens's book, "Meteor Showers and Their Parent ...

  6. Geminids hits peak activity: When, how to watch one of ... - AOL

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    While it is now one of the year's strongest meteor showers, the Geminids didn't start out that way, according to NASA. When the shower first began appearing in the mid-1800s, only 10 to 20 meteors ...

  7. The Strongest Meteor Shower of the Year Is Currently Active ...

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    The Geminids will be their most radiant around 2 a.m. local time on December 13 and 14. The best place to enjoy the meteor shower is under a dark sky away from city or street lights.

  8. Lyrids - Wikipedia

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    The source of the meteor shower are particles of dust shed by the long-period Comet C/1861 G1 Thatcher. [1] The April Lyrids are the strongest annual shower of meteors from debris of a long-period comet, mainly because as far as other intermediate long-period comets go (200–10,000 years), this one has a relatively short orbital period of ...

  9. One of the galaxy's best light shows is about to peak - AOL

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    Meteors will start to be visible around 9 p.m. or 10 p.m. local time, but skywatchers who head out even later — between midnight and 2 a.m. — may be treated to a more impressive sky show.