Faeton i ego potomstvo
23.12.2017 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Schitaetsya, chto asteroid 3200 Faeton porozhdaet meteornyi potok, sozdayushii ezhegodnyi meteornyi dozhd' Geminidy. Osnovaniem etomu sluzhit horosho izvestnaya orbita asteroida. Bol'shaya chast' meteornyh potokov porozhdaetsya kometami, odnako 3200 Faeton – okolozemnyi asteroid s orbital'nym periodom v 1.4 goda, za kotorym pristal'no nablyudayut.