The Geminids produce moderate speed meteors, brilliant in most cases, which can be seen almost since nightfall.

The shower may be observed from the northern hemisphere and part of the southern hemisphere comfortably, reported Prensa latina News Agency.

In its activity, the Geminids may reach between 120 and 160 meteors per hour, and keep up to 36 hours at that level. They are more numerous than the famous Perseids of August or the Leonids of November (though the latter sometimes produce meteor storms).

This 'rock comet' meteor shower is known as the Geminids meteor shower, because the streaks of light appears to fly out of the constellation Gemini, distinguished by two bright starts not very distant among them, Pollux and Castor. This event is one of the best, and most spectacular of all the major meteor showers.(KH)