Rare astronomical phenomenon beats the "jinx" on this Tuesday the 13th. The winter sky – if clouds allow it - will give us the sight of a sky of rare beauty, with a very bright combination of stars and moonlight. This last full moon of the year will appear 14% larger and 30% brighter than usual.
But the evening of Tuesday, December 13th, until the dawn of Wednesday December 14th, will be even more special, since the rain of shooting stars, called Geminids, will reach its peak. The rain of Geminids, a phenomenon that produces more than 2 shooting stars per minute, usually takes place on December from 7th to 17th. Along with Perseides in August, these phenomena create the most spectacular shooting star shower events in the year.
The Geminids first appeared in the mid-1800s and have taken their name from the constellation Gemini. Unlike other meteor showers, their source is probably not a comet's tail, but the mysterious asteroid - or, according to others, a dead comet - "Phaethon 3200", discovered in 1983.
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