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The Geminids are a prolific meteor shower with 3200 Phaethon (which is thought to be an Apollo asteroid [4] with a "rock comet" orbit. [ 5 ] ) being the parent body. [ 6 ] Because of this, it would make this shower, along with the Quadrantids , the only major meteor showers not originating from a comet .
"In short, 2024 is a bad year for Geminid watching — December 2025 will be much better," Cooke said. The Geminid meteor shower is visible around the world and throughout the night sky.
The Geminids is a bright meteor shower that peaks on December 13–14. It has a maximum rate of approximately 100 meteors per hour, making it one of the richest meteor showers. [ 8 ] The Epsilon Geminids peak between October 18 and October 29 and have only been recently confirmed.
The Geminid meteor shower lights up the night sky in December 2017 above Tybee Island in Georgia. The year's best meteor shower, the Geminids, peak Dec. 12.
The Geminid meteor shower peak is a week away, but this year it might be a good idea to keep an eye out early, according to NASA. Dedicated skywatchers might want to check the sky not only in the ...
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The Geminids are visible in the night sky now, but will peak around the nights of Wednesday, Dec. 13 and Thursday, Dec. 14 this year. Peak activity should occur around 1 p.m. Central Standard Time ...
The Quadrantids (QUA) are a meteor shower that peaks in early January and whose radiant lies in the constellation Boötes.The zenithal hourly rate (ZHR) of this shower can be as high as that of two other reliably rich meteor showers, the Perseids in August and the Geminids in December, [4] yet Quadrantid meteors are not seen as often as those of the two other showers because the time frame of ...