Nature of the coming attractions: the meteor shower (the Arizona Republic)

CAPE CANAVERAL (AP) - Florida stay listening to nature attraction. Next week at the beginning, the shower meteors these will make its appearance annual, just in time for Christmas. Astronomers consider best meteor shower of the year, with more than 100 meteors streak in the sky at night that each peak of the meteor shower hour.The held Tuesday at the beginning, between midnight and dawn, local time. The show will be better in the northern hemisphere, easily visible with the eye.The NU Geminids are actually Rocky celestial backorders. Each December, Earth passes through this stream of 3200 Phaethon, once believed to be an asteroid and now considered extinct Comet - or iceless debris. Meteors or shooting stars may appear anywhere, but always seem to fall in the constellation of Gemini, therefore their name.Meteors occur when the bits of particles enter the atmosphere and burn, incoming fireballs.For those unwilling to stay until the end – or get up early - it must be a decent showing Monday after the games Sun. In fact, some meteors should be visible in the night sky from December 12 to 16, as long as the sky is clear, according to NASA.And appears to be a warm-up for the Lunar Eclipse total coming from the night of December 20 and wee hours on 21 December, depending on your timezone. It will be the only full Lunar Eclipse of the year and the whole event will be visible in North America, Central America, South America, some Greenland and Iceland. - online: NASA: http://www.nasa.gov/connect/chat/geminids2010.html