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The peak of the Geminid meteor shower will occur on the night of December 14.
Every year in mid-December, Earth passes through a meteor shower known as the Geminids. During the peak of the phenomenon, more than 100 meteors can be seen per hour, and 2024 will be no exception.
This was reported by the publication Space.
Every December, the Earth passes through the debris clouds of asteroid (3200) Phaethon, which form the Geminid meteor shower. It is an unusual asteroid that behaves like a comet, spewing out sodium gas that looks like a comet's tail. Phaeton's orbital period is 1.4 years, and the meteors we observe are fragments of this asteroid. The flow lasts from mid-November to the end of December, and this year it peaks on the night before Saturday.
The Geminids get their name from the constellation Gemini, from where they can appear in the sky. The peak of activity this year falls on…
