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  2. Geminids - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Here's when, where the Geminid meteor shower will be visible ...

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    One of the best meteor showers of the year is about to peak. Here's how to watch and where you can catch the Geminids. ... "In short, 2024 is a bad year for Geminid watching — December 2025 will ...

  4. List of meteor showers - Wikipedia

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    This list of meteor streams and peak activity times is based on data from the International Meteor Organization while most of the parent body associations are from Gary W. Kronk book, Meteor Showers: A Descriptive Catalog, Enslow Publishers, New Jersey, ISBN 0-89490-071-4, and from Peter Jenniskens's book, "Meteor Showers and Their Parent ...

  5. Geminid meteor shower, one of the year's best and most ... - AOL

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    The Geminid meteor shower seen from the top of Niubei Mountain in Ya'an, Sichuan province, China, on Dec. 14, 2023.

  6. Geminid meteor shower approaches peak activity: When ... - AOL

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    The Geminid meteor shower will peak in mid-December, though the Cold Moon may dampen viewing chances.. Take a look up at the night sky the weekend of Dec. 13-14 for a chance to catch the meteor ...

  7. Geminid meteor shower hits peak activity in December ... - AOL

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    The year's best meteor shower, the Geminids, peak Dec. 12. The Geminids are named after the constellation Gemini because the meteors seem to emerge – or radiate – from the same area in the sky.

  8. Coma Berenicids - Wikipedia

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    Comae Berenicids [1] [2] (formerly Coma Berenicids, [3] IMO designation: COM; IAU shower number: 20) is a minor meteor shower with a radiant in the constellation Coma Berenices. The shower appears from December 12 to December 23 with the estimated maximum around December 16. [4] The radiant at that time is located at α=175°, δ=+18°. [4]

  9. Geminids hits peak activity: When, how to watch one of ... - AOL

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    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.