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Meteors vs Supermoon

NASA APOD · Wang, Letian
COSMIC MESSAGE

Geminid meteors competed with supermoonlight on December 13/14. Bits of dust from asteroid 3200 Phaethon, traveling at 35 kilometers per second, produce these meteor streaks. Only the brightest were visible during the supermoon. This composite image shows a few meteors from the shower's radiant in Gemini.

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ZODIAC CONTEXT
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SAGITTARIUS

In tropical astrology, 16 DEC 2016 falls under Sagittarius (♐). The sign's window runs from 11-22 through 12-21. Sagittarius points straight at the center of the Milky Way, our galaxy's brightest region. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 16 DEC 2016.

THE ALMANAC FOR 16 DEC 2016
DAY
Friday
MOON
Waning gibbous, 95% lit
POSITION
Day 351 of 366
METEOR SHOWER
Geminid shower, peaked 2 days ago
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