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Night of Meteors
| Content Provider | WatchKnowLearn |
|---|---|
| Description | From EsoCast. Look closely and see a meteor shower captured in this series of time lapse shots. On 14--16 December 2012, the Geminid meteor shower made a spectacular appearance over ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile. As the meteors showered down over the site, photographer Gianluca Lombardi spent over 40 hours recording it. The Geminids is a shower of shooting stars appearing to emanate from within the constellation of Gemini (The Twins). This shower occurs when the Earth cuts through the orbit of an asteroid named 3200 Phaethon, which happens once each year, in December. Particles in the trail of dust along the orbit of Phaethon burn up in our atmosphere, creating the brilliant, fast-moving points of light characteristic of meteor showers. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | Proprietary |
| Subject Keyword | Meteors k-12 homeschool homeschooling home school parents educational videos k12 preK-12 Astronomy Solar System Science |
| Content Type | Video |
| Educational Role | Student Teacher |
| Educational Use | Self Learning |
| Time Required | PT3M5S |
| Resource Type | Broadcast |
| Subject | Planets |
