Unyaka isiphelo esikhulu seenkwenkwezi ekugqibeleni kuthi. Esinye seziboniso eziqaqambileyo esibhakabhakeni, ishawa ye-Geminid meteor iya kuphakama phakathi ku-Disemba, ibeka amazulu naphi na ukusuka kwi-50 ukuya kwi-120 yeenkwenkwezi zokudubula ngeyure. Iindaba ezimnandi zeeshawari zika-2020: Siza kuba nazo isibhakabhaka esimnyama ngokumangalisayo Ungcoliseko oluncinci kakhulu lwenyanga, oko kuthetha ukuba ungalindela umboniso odlamkileyo ngokukodwa kulo nyaka. Nantsi yonke into ekufuneka uyazi malunga neshawa ye-Geminid meteor.
Yintoni i-Geminid meteor shower?
Enye yeemeteor zishawa zivela kumzimba wasezulwini ngaphandle komkhenkce, iiGeminids zenzeka qho ngoDisemba xa uMhlaba udlula kumzila wobutyobo obushiywe yinto engummangaliso efana ne-asteroid enjenge-3200 Phaethon. Yenye yeemvula ezinkulu zonyaka ezibengezelayo, ukuya kuthi ga kwi-120 yeemeteor ngeyure nganye phantsi kweemeko ezifanelekileyo zokubukela (okt mnyama, isibhakabhaka esingenanyanga). Njengebhonasi, uninzi lwezi nkwenkwezi zokudubula ziqaqambile kwaye zihamba kancinci, ngenxa yoko kulula ukuzibona, ukuba nje ukude nezibane zesixeko.
IiGeminids zithiywe ngegama leqela leenkwenkwezi iGemini, eli liyindawo eqaqambileyo yemvula yeemeteor. Zonke iinkwenkwezi zokudubula ziya kubonakala zivela kweli nqanaba kwaye ziye ngaphandle. UMntla weIkhweyitha iinkwenkwezi uzakufumana umboniso oqaqambileyo weenkwenkwezi zokudubula, njengoko iqela leenkwenkwezi lisiya phezulu esibhakabhakeni emantla kunokuba lisenza kwi-Hemisphere esemazantsi.
Inini ishawa yeGeminid meteor?
IiGeminids zenzeka rhoqo ngonyaka phakathi kukaDisemba 4 no-17; Ngo-2020, umsebenzi wokuphakama uya kwenzeka ngokuhlwa kwe-13 ka-Disemba ukuya nge-14 ka-Disemba 14. Ngelixa uzakubona ezona nkwenkwezi ziqhushumayo nge-2 kusasa, xa indawo ekhazimlayo yeGeminids iphezulu esibhakabhakeni, ababukeli 'Iibhokhwe zasebusuku ziyakwazi ukuphuma nge-9 ntambama Ngethuba lokubona ezinye iimeteor, nangona kunokubakho kuphela isandla ngeyure nganye.
Abafoti bathatha imifanekiso ye-Geminids meteor shower Ityala: Yuri SmityukTASS ngeGetty
Ndingayibona njani indawo yokuhlambela iMemorid?
Jonga nje phezulu! Ngenxa yobungakanani beGeminids, kulula kakhulu ukubona iimeteor. Kwaye, kulo nyaka, incopho ye-meteor shaft iwa ngobusuku phambi kwenyanga entsha, ukuze ungakhathazeki malunga nokukhanya kwenyanga ukuntywila iinkwenkwezi zokudubula.
Ngokubanzi, elona cebiso libalulekileyo lenkwenkwezi kukubaleka kungcoliseko lokukhanya. Logama nje ukwindawo emnyama emnyama nesibhakabhaka esicacileyo, uya kuba nakho ukubamba umboniso. Nika amehlo akho ubuncinci imizuzu engama-20 ukuze uhlengahlengise ebumnyameni elona thuba libalaseleyo lokujonga iinkwenkwezi zokudubula.
Inini imvula yeemeteor elandelayo?
Okulandelayo kwikhalenda yi-Ursid meteor shawa, eqala nge-17 ukuya kwi-26 kaDisemba, enencopho yobusuku bukaDisemba 22 kulo nyaka. Iphepha elichazayo ukuba awusenanto oyifunayo: Esi sisihlambi semeteor esizolileyo ngokuthelekiswa nomtsalane weGeminids, eneenkwenkwezi ezintlanu ukuya kwezilishumi zokudubula ezilindelekileyo ngeyure.