The POT reported that the Geminid shower 2025 will reach its peak in the nights Saturday December 13th and Sunday December 14ththat break off from the six-kilometer-wide asteroid 3200 Phaeton, a strange rocky object that glows and develops a faint tail as it approaches the sun. Under optimal viewing conditions, they offer up to 120 Meteors per hour.
The peak of its greatest splendor will be on December 14th at 2:30 a.m. Spanish Peninsula Time. This is because this will happen when there is no moon in the sky and there is only a strip of 28% illumination.
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The American Meteor Society He clarified that “they will be visible in the southern hemisphere, but only in the middle of the night and at reduced speed.”
For most stargazers, it’s best to start looking up at dusk, when the radiant, or point from which meteors appear to radiate (in this case, the constellation Gemini), is rising and the sky remains moonless.
The Geminids represent one of the Meteor shower Each year the intensity is observed at its most intense, with a peak usually occurring in the second week of December. The US space agency describes them as “particles and fragments left behind by the asteroid 3200 Phaethon.”
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The astronomer at the Lowell Observatory in Arizona, Qicheng Zhangspecified that “Phaethon is an asteroid about six kilometers in diameter that passes very close to the Sun, less than half the distance of Mercury.”
Why does the Geminid meteor shower happen?
The Geminids They come from the remains of the asteroid 3200 Phaeton, which scientists consider to be an “unusual celestial body” and cannot decipher whether it is a comet.
The editor of the magazine American Meteor Society, Rubert Lunsfordexplained that “The remains of Phaeton 3200 also contain metal, which heats up as it passes through our atmosphere, producing colors associated with each type of metal.”
Therefore, when entering the Earth’s atmosphere at high speed, its dense particles create bright and colorful lines.
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When can you watch the Geminid meteor shower in Argentina?
In Argentina you can also think about it Geminid meteor shower. The recommended period for clearly observing the astronomical phenomenon in the sky of our country is between 1 and 4:30 in the morning on Sunday, December 14th.
Among the recommendations they make is compliance with the Meteor shower Geminids are listed: Find a wide, open and preferably dark place, lie down and look with the naked eye into the high part of the sky (preferably facing north). Finally, meteor showers are naturally observed and enjoyed without binoculars or telescopes (which would only limit the field of view).
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From the Galileo-Galilei Planetarium in the city of Buenos Aires, they stated that “by adjusting the ZHR (“Zenital Hourly Rate”) to our latitudes, we estimate that between 20 and 40 meteors per hour could be seen in rural areas of our country.”
While in urban areas visibility drops to around 10 per hour due to light pollution in big cities.
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