[MIham] Geminid Meteor Alert

[Frank]

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Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 12:14 AM
Subject: Geminid Meteor Alert


Space Weather News for Dec. 12, 2009
http://spaceweather.com

GEMINID METEOR SHOWER: This weekend, Earth will pass through a stream of 
debris from extinct comet 3200 Phaethon, source of the annual Geminid meteor 
shower.  Forecasters expect more than 100 meteors per hour to fly out of the 
constellation Gemini when the shower peaks on Dec. 13th and 14th.  For most 
observers, the best time to look will be from 10 pm local time on Sunday 
night to dawn on Monday morning.  Visit http://spaceweather.com for photos, 
a sky map, and live audio from a meteor radar.

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makes a great gift.  It works like this: Suppose the International Space 
Station is about to fly over your back yard. Your phone will ring and tell 
you to go outside and look.  Subscribers also receive alerts for meteor 
showers, eclipses, rocket launches, Northern Lights and much more.  Give the 
heavens for Christmas at http://spaceweatherphone.com.