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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
         fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation   
                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                 2024 December 15   
      A snowy landscape is pictured below a starry sky. The very bright Moon   
       appears on the upper right. Many streaks are visile that are meteors   
        taken over the night. Please see the explanation for more detailed   
                                   information.   
      
                        Geminid Meteors over a Snowy Forest   
                       Image Credit & Copyright: Jakub Ku+Ö+ík   
      
      Explanation: Meteors have been flowing out from the constellation   
      Gemini. This was expected, as mid-December is the time of the Geminid   
      Meteor Shower. Pictured here, over two dozen meteors were caught in   
      successively added exposures taken over several hours early Saturday   
      morning from a snowy forest in Poland. The fleeting streaks were bright   
      enough to be seen over the din of the nearly full Moon on the upper   
      right. These streaks can all be traced back to a point on the sky   
      called the radiant toward the bright stars Pollux and Castor in the   
      image center. The Geminid meteors started as sand sized bits expelled   
      from asteroid 3200 Phaethon during its elliptical orbit through the   
      inner Solar System.   
      
                   Jigsaw Challenge: Astronomy Puzzle of the Day   
                          Tomorrow's picture: comet cliff   
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