Geminids orbit animation (VIDEO)

Princeton University

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Princeton researchers used observations from NASA’s Parker Solar Probe mission to deduce that it was likely a violent, catastrophic event – such as a high-speed collision with another body or a gaseous explosion – that created the Geminids meteoroid stream.

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NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Ben Smith

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