Science | meteor shower Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight Up to 80 meteors per minute to whiz past Earth By Nick McMaster Posted Dec 13, 2010 6:33 PM CST Copied In this picture provided by Wally Pacholka of AstroPics.com, a Geminid fireball explodes over the Mojave Desert in the Jojave Desert, Calif. on Dec. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/AstroPics.com, Wally Pacholka) The Geminid meteor shower reaches its climax after midnight tonight, with the exact peak coming at 6am Eastern. Anyone living on planet Earth and away from light pollution should be able to see the show, LiveScience reports. The Geminids will produce more than 80 meteors a minute, so the naked human eye should be able to see about a meteor every minute. Read These Next NFL fans see same costly gaffe two weeks in a row. The Supreme Court delivered bad news to Ghislaine Maxwell. Noem, Pritzker clash after agents shoot woman in Chicago. 'Subway surfing' in NYC claims 2 more young victims. Report an error