The Geminid meteor shower is one of the more active annual meteor showers with peak zenith hourly rates often as high as 120 meteor per hour. The 2011 Geminid meteor shower reaches its peak about mid day (1 pm EST, 10 am PST) for North American observers visitor insurance usa on Wednesday December 14. Meteor rates for the Geminid shower are lower after the peak than before, so North American observers will see the highest Geminid meteor rate on the night of December 13/14.

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