[meteorite-list] Significant Sungrazing Comet + Geminid Meteor Shower

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:18:56 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <201112131718.pBDHIujU024252_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

Space Weather News for Dec. 13, 2011
http://spaceweather.com

GEMINID METEOR SHOWER: Earth is passing through a stream of
debris from near-Earth asteroid 3200 Phaethon, source of the
annual Geminid meteor shower. Forecasters expect meteor rates
to reach 20-to-40 per hour when the shower peaks in bright
moonlight on the night of Dec.13/14. The best time to look,
no matter where you live, is between 10 pm local time on
Tuesday, Dec. 13, and sunrise on Wednesday, Dec. 14th.
Check http://spaceweather.com for more information and live
audio from a meteor radar.

BIG SUNDIVING COMET: A comet nearly as wide as two football
fields (200m) is plunging toward the sun where it will most
likely be destroyed in a spectacular light show on Dec. 15/16.
Solar glare will hide the event from human eyes, but NASA and
ESA spacecraft should have a grand view. Check
http://spaceweather.com for full coverage.
Received on Tue 13 Dec 2011 12:18:56 PM PST