It's generated from the 3200 Phaethon asteroid, which is unique because its orbit brings it closer to the sun than any other named asteroid. Geminids is, on average, even more intense than the ...

Related: The Geminid meteors may be 10 times older than we thought, simulations of oddball asteroid Phaethon suggest The Geminids are caused by 3200 Phaethon, which is thought to be an asteroid.

The Geminids originate from the 3200 Phaethon asteroid, unlike most meteors that come from comets. Astronomers consider Phaethon to be classified as a "dead comet," or a new object called a "rock ...

What produces the Geminid meteor shower? The source actually comes from an asteroid named 3200 Phaethon which takes about 1.4 years to orbit the sun. The earth’s atmosphere interacts with a ...

While most meteor showers come from comet debris, the Geminids come from a large near-Earth asteroid-like object called 3200 Phaethon that astronomers estimate is about 3.6 miles wide. When to see ...