[MIham] Significant Sungrazing Comet + Geminid Meteor Shower

[Frank]

Space Weather News for Dec. 13, 2011
http://spaceweather.com

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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