Geminids
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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 major meteor showers not originat
The Geminids meteor shower as seen from the Northern Hemisphere, in December 2013
Appearance of the Geminids on 13 December 2025 at 21:00 local winter time
This image offers us a close encounter with a Geminid meteor, observed from Mar del Plata, Argentina.
A Geminid meteor in 2007, seen from San Francisco
Perseids
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The Perseids are a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Swift–Tuttle that are usually visible from mid-July to late August. The meteors are called the Perseids because they appear from the
Geminids
…per hour under optimal conditions, peaking at around 2:00 or 3:00. Geminids were first observed in 1862, much later than other showers such as the Perseids (36 AD) and Leonids (902 AD). Based on data from the Parker Solar Probe, a 2023 study suggested that the Geminids may have been formed by the catastrophic…
Perseids in 2021 as seen from the Mojave National Preserve, California
Appearance of the Perseids on 12 August 2026 at 23:30 local summer time
The 2010 Perseids over the ESO's VLT
A Perseid in 2007