Winter Begins Sat.; Ursid Meteor Shower Peaks Sun. w/ Web-Cast
The
season of Winter begins in Earth's Northern Hemisphere at the moment
of the Winter Solstice on Saturday Afternoon, 2013 December 21 at
12:11 p.m. EST (17:11 Coordinated Universal Time).
The annual Ursid Meteor Shower peaks the
next morning at 9:00 a.m. EST (14:00 Coordinated Universal Time). An
all-night long web-cast of this meteor shower will be available,
beginning early Saturday evening.
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Glenn A. Walsh, Project Director,