Timelapse still of Geminid meteor shower with dozens of meteors streaking across the sky.

Here’s a composite from a time lapse showing an outburst of #Geminid meteors. These tiny space rocks are debris from the asteroid #3200Phaethon. Now, a new study has identified a small cluster of #meteors that appear to have come from a different parent #asteroid. 🪨🌠🔭
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A telescopic image showing asteroid 3200 Phaethon, the parent body of the Geminid meteor shower, amidst the stars of the constellation Perseus. Two Geminid meteors are also visible as short streaks across the image, captured during a two-minute exposure near the shower's peak on December 13th, shortly before Phaethon's close approach to Earth on December 16th.

Astronomy Picture from 23/12/2017

Phaethon's Brood

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap171223.html


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