SpaceGeminids 2017: See One of the Year's Best Meteor Showers 13 December 2017A bright meteor streaks the sky near Sirius during the Geminid meteor shower peak.Photograph by Babak Tafreshi, National Geographic CreativeGeminid meteors appear to radiate from the constellation Gemini, the twins.Photograph by Illustration by Andrew Fazekas, SkyguideThe asteroid 3200 Phaethon will be a fairly easy target for sky-watchers with small telescopes on 16th December.Photograph by Illustration by Andrew Fazekas, SkyguideDuring its elongated orbit, 3200 Phaethon comes closer to the sun than any other known asteroid.Photograph by Illustration by Andrew Fazekas, SkyguideOn 16th December, the asteroid will pass within 6.4 million miles of the planet—the closest it's been since 1974.Photograph by Illustration by Andrew Fazekas, SkyguideSpace
