SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -When to watch: Since the radiant rises in mid-evening, you can watch for Geminids all night around the peak dates of December 13 and 14. Plus, a young waxing crescent moon will not interfere with the Geminids in 2023. Overall duration of shower: November 19 to December 24.

Detailed explanation-2: -What causes the Perseid meteor shower? The Perseid (Per-see-id) meteor shower is one of the highlights of many meteor hunters’ calendars due to its high hourly rate and bright meteors, caused by the Earth slamming into the debris left behind by comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle in July and August every year.

Detailed explanation-3: -Meteor Showers: When Earth crosses the leftover of a comet, groups of meteors are seen. These meteors fall on Earth like a shower and are known as meteor showers. They occur at regular time intervals in each year.

Detailed explanation-4: -A meteor storm versus a shower is defined as having at least 1, 000 meteors per hour. Viewers in 1966 experienced a spectacular Leonid storm: thousands of meteors per minute fell through Earth’s atmosphere during a 15-minute period. There were so many meteors seen that they appeared to fall like rain.