Geminids

The Geminids are a prolific meteor shower, the parent body of which is 3200 Phaethon. Because of this, it would make this shower, along with the Quadrantids, the only... Wikipedia

  • Discovery date:  1862
  • Parent body:  3200 Phaethon
  • Constellation:  Gemini (near Castor)
  • Right ascension:  07 h28 m
  • Declination:  °
  • Occurs during:  4 December – 17 December
  • Date of peak:  14 December
  • Velocity:  35 km/s
  • Zenithal hourly rate:  120
  • Data source:  DuckDuckGo