Geminids

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Geminids: see meteor shower meteor shower, increase in the number of meteors observed in a particular part of the sky. The trails of the meteors of a meteor shower all appear to be traceable back to a single point in the sky, known as the radiant point, or radiant.
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Geminids [′jem·ə·nidz]

(astronomy)

A meteor shower that reaches maximum about December 13.

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