What’ll happen when 3200 Phaethon sweeps past Earth? Posted by Genevieve Klien in space 12.10.2017 This mysterious rock-comet is the parent body of this week’s Geminid meteor shower. It’ll brush closely past Earth on December 16, just a few nights after the Geminids’ peak. Will 2017 be a fantastic year for the Geminids? Read more