What'll happen when 3200 Phaethon sweeps past Earth? https://t.co/5CpskSEcL8

Mysterious rock-comet - parent body of this week's Geminid meteor shower - will brush closely past Earth on Dec 16, just days after the Geminids' peak.

Will 2017 be a fantastic year for the Geminids? pic.twitter.com/epQopF1USW

— EarthSky (@earthskyscience) December 10, 2017