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| | CNN.com - Meteor shower peaks Monday night - Dec 13, 2004 |
 | | On the night of this shower's maximum, the meteors will appear to emanate from a spot in the sky near the bright star Castor in Gemini. |
 | | Studies of past displays show that this shower has a reputation for being rich both in slow, bright, graceful meteors and fireballs as well as faint meteors, with relatively fewer objects of medium brightness. |
 | | Indeed, under normal conditions on the night of maximum activity, with ideal dark-sky conditions, at least 60 to 120 Geminid meteors can be expected to burst across the sky every hour on the average. |
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