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“Geminids of the South” is copyrighted by Yuri Beletsky. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteThe annual Geminid meteor shower occurs as Earth passes through dust from asteroid 3200 Phaethon. This composite image, taken over five hours in the Southern Hemisphere, shows many meteor streaks radiating from Gemini. The photograph was taken above the twin 6.5-meter Magellan telescopes, located in Chile.
The Sun on 17 December 2015
NASA SDO took this picture on 17 December 2015, the day itself, not a release date.
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The Sun on your day The Sun on 17 December 2015 See it as a poster -
The Earth on your day The Earth on 17 December 2015 · Empty Quarter, Arabia See it as a poster -
Released on 17 December 2014 Wide-field view of the bright star clusters Messier 47 and Messier 46 See it as a poster -
Released on 17 December 2015 HH 24 (ground-based view) See it as a poster -
Released on 17 December 2013 Hubble image of variable star RS Puppis See it as a poster -
Released on 17 December 2012 The Needle Galaxy See it as a poster -
Released on 17 December 2014 The star cluster Messier 47 See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 17 DEC 2015 falls under Sagittarius (♐). The sign's window runs from 11-22 through 12-21. Sagittarius points straight at the center of the Milky Way, our galaxy's brightest region. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 17 DEC 2015.
Questions about December 17, 2015
What space photo was released on December 17, 2015?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for December 17, 2015 was "Geminids of the South". It's a photographer's copyrighted image, so we link to it on NASA's site and show the Sun or the Earth that day instead.
What was the Moon's phase on December 17, 2015?
A first quarter moon, about 38% lit.
What day of the week was December 17, 2015?
December 17, 2015 was a Thursday, day 351 of the 365 days in 2015.
Was there a meteor shower on December 17, 2015?
Yes: the Geminid shower, peaked 3 days ago.
What did the Sun and the Earth look like on December 17, 2015?
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory photographed the Sun that day, and NASA's Terra satellite photographed the whole Earth. Both are on this page, next to the card.
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