             APOD: 2017 December 13 - Meteors over Inner Mongolia

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                               2017 December 13
                                      [2]
                         Meteors over Inner Mongolia
                   Image Credit & Copyright: Haitong Yu [3]

Explanation: Did you ever get caught in a meteor shower? If yes, then every
minute or so the sky sparked with fleeting flashes of light. This was the fate
of the pictured astrophotographer during last year's Perseids meteor shower
[4] . During the featured three-hour image composite [5] , about 90 Perseids
rained down above Lake Duolun of Inner Mongolia [6] , China [7] . If you trace
back the meteor streaks, you will find that most of them appear to radiate [8]
 from a single constellation -- in this case Perseus [9] . In fact, you can
even tell which meteors are not Perseids [10]  because they track differently.
Tonight promises to be another good night to get caught in a meteor shower
because it is the peak for the Geminids [11] . Gemini, the shower radiant [12]
, should rise shortly after sunset and be visible [13]  most of the night.

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  [5] http://twanight.org/newTwan/contest2017-2.asp
  [6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_Mongolia
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  [12] ap151217.html
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jpl-20171201-whatsuf-0001-180cc.mp4
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