Geminids
Türkiye to witness meteor showers for three months
Following the solar eclipse that occurred yesterday, Türkiye will enter a three-month period of meteor showers, in which the skies will turn into a colorful feast zone, an expert has said.
"There are some rare events happening in space in some special periods and this is one of them," Hasan Ali Dal, an academic from Ege University, said.
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Year's Brightes Comet Approaches Earth
The Geminid meteor shower will provide a shining backdrop for the approach of Comet 46P/Wirtanen on Thursday (Dec. 13), shortly before the object's closest approach to Earth in 20 years.
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Geminids meteors peak December 13-14
The night of 13 December 14 is the best time to watch the meteor stream "Geminids''.
The astronomers from ROGEN and the Department of Astronomy at Sofia University expect to observe up to 120 meteors per hour.
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