Geminid meteor shower... and more

Space Weather News for Dec. 13, 2011
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GEMINID METEOR SHOWER: Earth is passing through a stream of debris from
near-Earth asteroid 3200 Phaethon, source of the annual Geminid meteor
shower. Forecasters expect meteor rates to reach 20-to-40 per hour when
the shower peaks in bright moonlight on the night of Dec.13/14. The
best time to look, no matter where you live, is between 10 pm local time
on Tuesday, Dec. 13, and sunrise on Wednesday, Dec. 14th. Check
http://spaceweather.com for more information and live audio from a
meteor radar.

BIG SUNDIVING COMET: A comet nearly as wide as two football fields
(200m) is plunging toward the sun where it will most likely be destroyed
in a spectacular light show on Dec. 15/16. Solar glare will hide the
event from human eyes, but NASA and ESA spacecraft should have a grand
view. Check http://spaceweather.com for full coverage.

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