Geminid meteor shower to peak on 14th December 2009
Thursday, December 3, 2009 - 18:42
in Astronomy & Space
(PhysOrg.com) -- The annual Geminid meteor shower is predicted to peak at 0510 GMT on 14th December. Meteors (or ‘shooting stars`) are the result of small particles entering the Earth`s atmosphere at high speed, heating up and then disintegrating.