This year, the moon sets at 01:00 after Mecca time, which makes the rest of the night until dawn the perfect time to observe the largest meteorites possible.

Fans of the night sky around the Arab world are preparing to receive the Gemini meteor shower, one of the most important astronomical events of 2021, which will culminate on the afternoon of December 13th and 14th. In the morning.

On normal nights, you can observe several meteors in the sky here or there, but on meteor shower nights, the rate can be very high, and in the case of “twins” this rate may reach 120 meteors per hour in remote areas.

Falling rocks

According to the US Space Agency website,NASA(NASA) As a result of the Earth’s passage, in normal orbit around the Sun, debris from the rocks left by the asteroid “3200 Python” enters the atmosphere at enormous speed and burns far away. Above the surface of the earth.

The intense light of meteorites makes us think that when we are on Earth they are very close to us, they may fall behind the hill or buildings, or they may collide with us, but this is not true. In the most extreme cases, the meteorite’s complete ignition ends 12 km before reaching the ground.

The meteor shower usually starts between December 4 and 17 every year, but is more intense in the 24 hours surrounding the apogee, this year on December 14 at 10:00 am, making it the night in Doha. Appropriate opportunity to observe meteorites on the 13th and 14th of the same month.

How do I see the meteorites?

The best place to see meteorites is away from city lighting, so trips to the desert are usually active on meteor shower nights, however, the roof of the house is always the ideal place to watch meteorites. Relatives and loved ones, but you will see fewer meteorites than in the desert, of course, depending on the size lighting.

No special tools are used to detect meteorites, your naked eye can lie on the ground, some hot drinks will be useful in this cold weather, and then you can raise your head to the sky and wait. Meteors will fall.

This year, the moon sets at 01:00 after Mecca time, making it the perfect time to observe the rest of the night until dawn, the largest possible meteorite, especially the night of December 13, and the number of meteorites. It increases as we approach the sunrise.

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