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Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks Dec. 13–14 With Dark Skies and Up to 150 Meteors an Hour

The display stems from rocky debris shed by asteroid 3200 Phaethon, not a comet.

Moonlight Set to Dampen This Year’s Perseid Meteor Shower Peak