Today, the Department of Astronomy and Space Sciences at King Abdulaziz University monitored the Geminid meteors, as the Saudi sky is witnessing showers of Geminid meteors, which is one of the astronomical phenomena that occurs due to the Earth entering the cloud region consisting of sand particles and some materials rushing from the surface of (asteroid 3200 Phaethon) as it approaches The sun, and its contact with the Earth’s atmosphere.
The head of the Department of Astronomy and Space Sciences at the College of Science at King Abdulaziz University, Dr. Ayed bin Sulaiman Al-Ruhaili, explained that the Geminid meteor showers occur annually at the beginning of the month of December and reach their peak on the fourteenth of December, and the opportunity is good for those interested in monitoring the phenomenon, especially since it will coincide with the beginning of the lunar month. The moon sets at the beginning of the night, making it an opportunity to observe it clearly.
Geminid meteors
The head of the Department of Astronomy and Space Sciences at King Abdulaziz University attributed the reason for calling them Geminid meteors because the observer on Earth apparently sees the direction of the meteors in his line of sight, as if they are coming from the Geminid constellation (Gemini), even though the star constellation is at a very vast distance and has nothing to do with the meteors.
Dr. Al-Ruhaili stated that the Department of Astronomy and Space Sciences at the College of Science, King Abdulaziz University, is interested in photographing and documenting astronomical phenomena and will monitor the Geminid meteors from the department’s observatory in Bani Malik in Taif Governorate, pointing out that meteors are God’s creatures, as much as there are reasons for their appearance. Its emergence and decline have nothing to do with people’s destinies, futures, luck, or misery.
