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THE DECEMBER METEORS.—Mr. W. F. Denning writes:—“This event is anticipated with unusual interest this year on account of the brilliant and abundant display observed in 1920. Early in the morning of December 13 meteors were observed to be falling at the rate of about five per minute, and several observers who were not regular meteoric students were attracted to watch the spectacle on account of its special character. The probability, therefore, that another rich return may take place this year renders it necessary that the sky should be attentively watched from about December 10 to December 13. The meteors are moderately swift and the radiant point is close to the star α Geminorum at the time of maximum, but, like the Perseids of August, the Geminids exhibit a radiant point which moves eastward at the rate of about i° per day. The shower certainly begins early in December, if not late in November, but there appear to be few traces of it left after the middle of December.
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Our Astronomical Column. Nature 108, 447 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/108447a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/108447a0