On the 13th and 14th December, we’re expecting the best meteor shower of the year.

The Geminids are a meteor shower caused by 3200 Phaethon which should result in around 120 to 140 meteors per hour. On top of this, the best dates to view it are two days before a new moon so the sky should be nice and dark.

The meteors should radiate from the constellation Gemini, which is right next to Betelgeuse in the Orion constellation.

For more information on the Geminids, try the spacedex website.

Apollo 12 stories from Newspapers on the 13th November 1969.
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Apollo 12 stories from Newspapers on the 12th November 1969.
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Apollo 12 stories from Newspapers on the 11th November 1969.
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Just like I did with the Apollo 11 landing, I’m tweeting the Apollo 12 landing 40 years late.

I’m using the same account so you can find all the tweets at http://www.twitter.com/apolloecho.

Apollo 12 stories from Newspapers on the 10th November 1969.
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