GEMINIDS 2009 - 0 views
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Ernesto Guido on 16 Dec 09This weekend, Earth passed through a stream of debris from 3200 Phaethon. In 1983 Whipple identified Phaethon like the parent of Geminid meteor stream. But it has never displayed unambiguous cometary activity. The Geminids provide the most impressive meteor display of any of the annual showers.