☄ Geminids

  The Geminids are a meteor shower in Gemini.

         ·⢀⡀   ⠈⢦
           ⠙⢦⡀  ⠈⢣⡀                   •
         ·   ⠙⢦⡀  ⠳⡀
               ⠙⠦                       ·
    ·⠤⢤⣀⡀                  ⢠           •
   ·    ⠉⠙⠒⠦⢤             ⢠⠃⢀⡤  ⣀⡤⠄
  ⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀                 ⠁⠖⠁⠠·⠉
                       •+          ⢀⣀⡀
         ·              ·            ⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠁
           ⣀⡠⠄       •  ·      ⠈⠓⠢⢤⣀
     ⣀⣠⠤⠖⠚⠉            ·         •  ⠉⠃
     ⠁        ⢀⡄     ·   ⢠⡀  ⠠⡀      • · ·
            ⣠⠖⠁  ⢀⡜    ⢰  ·  ·⠙⣄  ⠙⢦·
        ·⢀⡠⠚⠁   ⢠⠎     ⢸  ⢧    ⠈⢦   ⠙⢦⡀
        ⠰⠋     ⡰⠃      ⡸  ·     ⠈⠣ •  ⠙⢦⡀

  Type            Meteor shower
  Constellation   Gemini
  Peak            2026-12-15
  Rate at peak    up to 150 an hour

  Physical
  Debris from     3200 Phaethon, an asteroid rather than a comet

  More information about Geminids

  The Geminids are the most intense meteor shower at 150 per hour. Their
  radiant is high in the middle of the night in December. They come from
  an asteroid rather than a comet, which is unusual, and the meteors are
  slow and often bright.

  History
  Discovered   first recorded 1862

  where it is tonight:  skymap.sh/Geminids