What is the origin of the name and when and how do you see the upcoming event?

Citizen – Riyadh

Astronomers and astronomers are preparing to watch a meteor shower, the best of this year, called "twin meteors" on Friday.

The engineer Mohammed Shaukat Odeh, director of the International Center for Astronomy, confirmed that Shahab's annual twin towers, which will take place on December 14, are the best, surpassing the annual meteor showers of the month of December. 39; August.

"The twins have the biggest meteors among the other meteor showers and are slow to appear for a longer period of time," said Shaukat. "It's 35 kilometers per second," said Sky News.

In the Arab region and the center of the world, anyone interested should calculate the peak date according to the local time and choose the night closest to the peak date.

Shaukat Odeh, also a member of the International Meteorological Organization, said that according to calculations there should be about 60 to 120 twin peaks at rush hour, adding that "this figure can not be seen that of a completely dark place, far from the lighting of the city ".

"Those interested in seeing these meteors should watch from the darkness and look at the sky around 8 pm Meteors increase from time to time, until they grow significantly after midnight and at night. # 39; dawn ".

The twin meteors are named because all the meteors seem to come from a fictional point of the group of twins (or Gemini, as the astrologers call it), caused by an asteroid named Phithon.

On December 14 of each year, as the Earth gets closer to the orbit of the asteroid, these dusty particles are attracted to the Earth and enter the atmosphere. The atmosphere is intertwined and formed by observed meteors.