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Geminid meteor shower to light up skies this weekend

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The Geminid meteor shower is forecast to peak sometime between Saturday and Sunday .

The shower has been known to produce more than 150 meteors per hour at its peak.

It is one of the few major meteor showers associated with an asteroid 3200 Phaethon.

The bright meteors of the Geminids are unusual in that they are multi-coloured.

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