The night of Sunday December 13 and the morning of Monday 14, can be seen in the skies of Mexico’s rain Geminids stars, which come, in this case an asteroid.
The astronomical phenomenon will occur when the asteroid 3200 Phaethon pass near Earth, the president of the Astronomical Society of Mexico (SAM), Alejandro Farah said in an interview.
120 falling meteors is expected by hour at a speed of 35 kilometers per second, “he said the specialist, who said that the shooting stars can be seen with the naked eye, as long as weather and light conditions allow.
Farah recommended stakeholders located in a dark place and at the beginning of the night, watching the sky eastward toward the constellation Gemini, which is named this meteor shower. As the evening elapses, will be seen to the west.
The academic also the Institute of Astronomy of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) said that unlike rains Taurids and Leonids stars, which observed in November and whose origin is a comet, Geminids come from asteroid 3200 Phaethon.
This comet passes close to the sun every 1.4 years, and has a diameter of about five kilometers, which was discovered in the early 1980s.
In addition, Farah stressed the importance of understanding asteroids and comets, because they have a great power and at some point in the future, its orbit will cross with the Earth and could collide with it.
You have to monitor the sky for at some point, be prepared and have the technology to divert (comets and asteroids) and do not cause damages to the planet ” he said.
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