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	The 2004 Geminid Meteor Shower
		It's a mystery to savor on Dec. 13th … with hot cocoa at your side and the Geminids overhead.
		As seen from the southern hemisphere, Gemini hangs lower in the sky and meteor rates are reduced by factors of 2 or 3.
		The Geminids: An Exception to the Rule -- (Sky and Telescope)
	science.nasa.gov /headlines/y2004/06dec_geminids.htm (700 words)

	Geminids - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Geminids are a meteor shower caused by an object named 3200 Phaethon, which is thought to be an extinct comet.
		The Geminid shower is thought to be intensifying every year and recent showers have seen 120-160 meteors per hour under optimal conditions.
		The Geminids are now considered by many to be the most consistent and active annual shower.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Geminids (228 words)

	Your guide to a ‘gem’ of a meteor show - Space.com - MSNBC.com
		A Geminid meteor streaks across the night sky, with circular star trails whirling the background, in a time-exposure photo made by astronomer Jimmy Westlake in December 1985.
		Geminids stand apart from the other meteor showers in that they seem to have been spawned not by a comet, but by 3200 Phaeton, an Earth-crossing asteroid.
		Then again, the Geminids may be comet debris after all, for some astronomers consider Phaeton to be the dead nucleus of a burned-out comet that somehow got trapped into an unusually tight orbit.
	msnbc.msn.com /id/6692779 (1073 words)

	Geminids (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Geminids are one of the richest meteor showers of the current era, and make for a superb counterpoint to the Leonids as showers of utterly different character.
		Geminids are only about half as fast as Leonids at 35 km/s, largely because their collision angle with Earth is side-on rather than head-on, but in part due to the slower real speed of Geminid meteoroids in their more constrained orbits.
		Geminids should be detected throughout the rest of the day, although observed rates should exhibit a diurnal rise and fall effect as a function of the radiant's "altitude".
	members.shaw.ca /weskyscan/geminids.htm (1085 words)

	Geminids in December (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Geminid Meteor shower is one of the most active of the year, sometimes surpassed only by the Perseids in intensity.
		The Geminids don't seem to have a sharp peak like the Leonids, and observations can be made for a week either side of the peak.
		Geminids are inclined to leave good trains, and some of those meteors travel long distances.
	www.rasnz.org.nz /Meteors/Geminids.htm (538 words)

	geminids 2004
		The Geminid meteor shower officially begins on December 6th, but it doesn't peak until the morning of the 14th at 02:24 UT.
		Geminids are medium-speed meteors (34.4km/sec), with the brighter ones often coloured; yellow, green and blue are common.
		With this year's Geminids, the Moon, a very thin crescent and didn`t interfere with the prime viewing hours.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /blobrana/news/geminids.htm (744 words)

	The Baffling Geminid Meteors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Geminid meteoroids are dense, 2 to 3 gm/cc, comparable to the density of rock.
		The nominal peak of the shower will occur at 1704 UT on Dec. 13th, but the Geminid maximum is relatively long-lasting.
		Geminids can appear anywhere in the sky, but their trails will point back toward the radiant, which will lie some 60 degrees above the southern horizon at 4 am as seen from mid-northern latitude observing sites.
	spacescience.com /headlines/y2000/ast08dec_1.htm (1222 words)

	The Geminids (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Geminids are probably the best meteor shower of the year in terms of actual number of meteors to be seen.
		The Geminids get their name from their point of origin in the constellation Gemini right near Gemini’s brightest star Castor.
		Geminid meteors tend to be brighter and faster moving than those associated with other meteor showers.
	www.utahskies.org /solarsystem/meteors/geminids?C=N&O=D (249 words)

	The Geminids
		The Geminid meteor shower officially begins on December 7th, but it doesn't peak until the morning of the 13/14th.
		This year, the Geminids are predicted to peak on 14th December at 0430UT.
		This will be a moonless night so observed ZHRs (Zenith Hourly Rate is the number of meteors that can be seen looking overhead in a clear and perfectly dark sky) could be close to the predicted rate, provided we have clear skies and no light pollution.
	www.eaas.co.uk /news/geminids.html (637 words)

	NASA - The 2006 Geminid Meteor Shower
		The mystery, properly told, begins in the 19th century: Before the mid-1800s there were no Geminids, or at least not enough to attract attention.
		The first Geminids appeared suddenly in 1862, surprising onlookers who saw dozens of meteors shoot out of the constellation Gemini.
		Some astronomers have studied the brightest Geminid meteors and concluded that the underlying debris must be rocky.
	science.nasa.gov /headlines/y2006/12dec_geminids.htm (503 words)

	IMO Results: Geminids 1996
		Another successful Geminid year was logged by observers from several continents in 1996 with a very thin waxing Moon not interfering with the maximum of the meteor shower.
		The coefficients are obtained by comparing Geminid ZHRs of individual observers with the average during relatively short periods of almost constant activity.
		The profile of the population index r derived from 1996 Geminid observations is shown in Figure 1.
	www.imo.net /articles/shower/gem96.html (1017 words)

	SPACE.com -- Strong Meteor Shower Peaks Monday Night
		According to McBeath, the Geminids are predicted to reach peak activity on Monday at 22:20 GMT, which is 5:20 p.m.
		Indeed, under normal conditions on the night of maximum activity, with ideal dark-sky conditions, at least 60 to 120 Geminid meteors can be expected to burst across the sky every hour on the average.
		Then again, the Geminids may be comet debris after all, for some astronomers consider Phaeton to really be the dead nucleus of a burned-out comet that somehow got trapped into an unusually tight orbit.
	www.space.com /spacewatch/041210_geminid_meteors.html (1330 words)

	Geminid Observing Tips
		The 2001 Geminids will peak during a 24 hour period centered approximately on Dec. 14th at 0400 UT.
		The source of the Geminid meteoroid stream is a curious object named 3200 Phaethon.
		The Geminid radiant is denoted by a red dot.
	www.spaceweather.com /meteors/geminids/observingtips.html (595 words)

	IMO Results: Geminids 1993
		Although the weather in central Europe was not favorable for Geminid watches, the well-established net of observers in other parts of Europe, in America, Asia, and Australia delivered a good deal of observations which enabled us to present this analysis.
		The angle z is the zenithal distance of the Geminid radiant.
		[5] Halliday I.: Geminid Fireballs and the Peculiar Asteroid 3200 Phaethon.
	www.imo.net /articles/shower/gem93.html (1502 words)

	CNN.com - Space - Listen to the sound of falling meteors - December 13, 2000
		That was the radio echo of a Geminid meteor falling through Earth's atmosphere (If you didn't hear it, click here).
		The source of the Geminids is the radiant point of the constellation Gemini, about 60 degrees above the southern horizon at 4 a.m.
		Geminids can appear anywhere in the sky, but their source will be the radiant point of the constellation Gemini, about 60 degrees above the southern horizon at 4 a.m.
	archives.cnn.com /2000/TECH/space/12/13/geminids.sounds (637 words)

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