Geminid Showers Promise A Stellar Show This Week

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2013 Geminid meteor shower in the northern hemisphere (Credit: Asim Patel/Wikimedia Commons/ CC BY-SA 3.0)

Though we are treated to several meteor showers throughout the year, most pale in comparision to the grand finale – the Geminids. Expected to be at their peak on Thursday and Friday night (Dec. 13-14, 2018), the dependable meteors rank high in both quantity and quality. Nicknamed the “900-pound gorilla of meteor showers” by NASA, they outweigh other dust streams by factors of between 5 to 500!

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