Thursday…the peak of the Geminid meteor shower in the sky of Amman – Al Watan Newspaper

Muscat – Oman: The skies of the Sultanate of Oman will witness next Thursday the phenomenon of the Geminid meteor shower, which was named after its origin from the constellation Gemini (Gemini), and will reach its peak on Wednesday night and dawn next Thursday, December 13 and 14. Ibrahim bin Mohammed Al Mahrouqi, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Oman Astronomical Society, told the Oman News Agency that the month of December will witness a number of astronomical events, including the fall of meteor showers known astronomically as Geminid or Gemini. He added that these meteors are considered one of the best throughout the year. It falls on a dark night devoid of moonlight at almost all hours of the night. He stated that astronomical calculations indicate that this meteor shower will reach its peak tomorrow evening, Wednesday, and continue until Thursday dawn, as meteors and fireballs can be seen in the skies of the Sultanate and the world in an eye-catching scene. It was expected that the rates of falling meteors would reach 120 meteors per hour, as he explained that Geminid meteor showers result from the debris of the asteroid known as “Phaethon,” which was discovered in 1982, unlike the rest of the meteors that come from comets. Regarding the possibility of monitoring the phenomenon, Al-Mahrouqi says: “The observation must be from a dark location away from sources of light pollution or any obstacle such as tall trees, and one must look towards the eastern horizon of the dome of the sky from after midnight on Wednesday until before dawn on Thursday.”