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“The Geminids have been active since December 4 and will continue till the 17th. Today, at around 2 am (if located in the Northern Hemisphere), is when one can view the dazzling spectacle at its brightest. Rocky objects that enter the Earth’s object at extremely high speeds, meteors are seen as bright streaks of light in the night sky. There are also known as u2018shooting starsu2019.u00a0. What is significant about the Geminids is that while most major metor showers originate from comets, the Geminids originates from the object 3200 Pantheon, an asteroid (or extinct planet) thought to have a u2018rock cometu2019 orbit. According to NASA, the Geminids appear to originate from a point in the Gemini constellation, giving them their name.u00a0. There will also be a live broadcast of the peak from a meteor camera at the NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. #Space #Asteroidu00a0.”