How to Watch a Meteor Shower
THE Geminid meteor shower is set to peak tonight, giving stargazers a chance to see up to 150 shooting stars in a single hour.The Geminids often appear multi-coloured - casting white, yellow, green, red and blue streaks across the sky.
The colour each meteor displays as it burns up in Earth's atmosphere reveals what the space rock is made of.Astronauts 'can hitch ride on asteroid' to survive deadly radiation on Mars tripHowever, Dr Shyam Balaji, an astroparticle physics and cosmology researcher at King’s College London, has suggested going outside a few hours later for an even better display.
"The best time to view the Geminid meteor shower is around 2am local time," he said. "When the radiant point is highest in the sky." While the lunar glare might mask some of the meteors, stargazers are still in a good position to catch an unusual amount of shooting stars. ‘Right place right time’ say viewers after girl captures most incredible video yet of stunning meteor over PortugalThe lower the Moon is in the sky, the more chance you have of escaping its pesky glare.Why can meteors be multi-coloured?The chemical composition of a meteor can be the difference in it shining blue-green, orange-yellow, and even violet.If it burns an orange-yellow, it's composition features sodium.
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