Maryam Essa Sharif – Research Assistant (Meteorite Center)
UAEMMN Observation Report Geminids Meteor Shower Peak-2021
The UAE Meteor Monitoring Network (UAEMMN) observed 780 meteors during the Geminids peak period from the period of Dec. 13-15, 2021. Despite the cloudy skies and the waxing Moon, the network managed to capture many meteors. As can be seen from the graph below, December 14 has the highest score, where the number of meteors reached 420 for all three towers together. Surprisingly, Sharjah recorded a higher number of meteors when compared to Liwa records. For instance, on December 14, Sharjah captured 262 meteors while Liwa only observed 108 meteors. This may be due because of a problem with the Liwa tower. Furthermore, due to technical issues, there were no for Al-Yahar for December 13, 2021. This tower started to record after the regular maintenance visit of December 14.