![]() While people living in the Northern Hemisphere see more meteors, the Geminids are the best of a handful of meteor showers that can be seen from right across Australia. ![]() What are the Geminids?Įach year, like clockwork, Earth travels through a stream of debris left behind by an asteroid called 3200 Phaethon.īits of dust in the debris trail burn up in our atmosphere, leaving streaks of light in the sky. "You'll see a noticeable difference once the sky is darker," he says. This year's Geminids will really reward people who are prepared to get up in the early hours of the morning, around 2-3am, after the Moon has set, says astronomer Jonti Horner of the University of Queensland. "So that means you can see them even though there's the glare of the Moon." ![]() "The nice thing about the Geminids is that they can have some really bright meteors. ![]()
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