Editing Geminids (section)

== Radiant ==
[[File:Geminids-2025-EN.jpg|thumb|Appearance of the Geminids on 13 December 2025 at 21:00 local winter time]]
[[File:Geminid 121407 1.jpg|thumb|A Geminid meteor in 2007, seen from San Francisco]]
[[File:Asteroid Phaethon 25dec2010 stack.jpg|thumb|Asteroid (3200) Phaethon, parent body of the Geminids, imaged on December 25, 2010, with the 37 cm F14 Cassegrain telescope of [[Winer Observatory]], Sonoita (MPC 857)]]
The meteors in this shower appear to come from the [[Radiant (meteor shower)|radiant]] in the constellation [[Gemini (constellation)|Gemini]] (hence the shower's name). However, they can appear almost anywhere in the night sky, and often appear yellowish in hue. Well north of the equator, the radiant rises about sunset, reaching a usable elevation from the local evening hours onwards. In the southern hemisphere, the radiant appears only around local midnight or so. Observers in the northern hemisphere will see higher Geminid rates as the radiant is higher in the sky.<ref name="Meteorwatch2"/> The meteors travel at medium speed in relation to other showers, at about {{convert|22|mi/s|km/s}}, making them fairly easy to spot. They usually fall apart while at heights above {{convert|24|mi|km}}.<ref name="Meteorwatch"/>

[[File:Meteor falling courtesy NASA.gif|thumb|Animated [[GIF]] of a Geminid meteor falling earthwards]]