A beautiful meteor shower called the Geminids will peak on the night sky between Saturday and Sunday, giving stargazers a stunning celestial appearance.
The shower has the ability to produce more than 150 meteors every hour at its peak. While light pollution sometimes reduces visible numbers, the shower is known as a “meteor storm” because of its intensity.
The Geminids were first noticed in 1862 and originated from the rocky asteroid 3200 Phaethon.
It was described as one of the year’s most amazing meteor showers by a physical researcher at the University of Warwick, Dr. Minjae Kim.
What makes the Geminids unique among others is its multicolored streaks, as meteors appear in different colors such as white, yellow, green, blue, and red hues. These color combinations are from trace metals such as calcium and sodium that appear like what gives fireworks their colorful shades.
They also appear to be gotten from the start of Castor which comes from the Gemini constellation. Advice has been issued to observers to look for dark, open places to give time for their eyes to adjust to fully catch up when the meteors appear in the sky.
