Geminids Geminids The Geminids is a meteor shower caused by the object 3200 Phaethon, which is thought to be a Palladian asteroid with a "rock comet" orbit. This would make the Geminids, together with the Quadrantids, the only major meteor showers not originating from a comet. The meteors from this shower are slow moving, can be seen in December and usually peak around December 6–14, with the date of highest intensity being the morning of December 14. The shower is thought to be intensifying every year and recent showers have seen 120–160 meteors per hour under optimal conditions, generally around 02:00
We Are the Heroes We Are the Heroes "We Are the Heroes" is a song by Belarusian-Italian band Litesound. It represented Belarus in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. The song was performed for the first time by Litesound on 21 December 2011, during the semi-final of the Eurofest 2012, the national selection for the Belarusian entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. During the final of the show, Litesound came in second place behind Alyona Lanskaya, but they were later chosen to replace Lanskaya following an investigation about a fraud in the televote. The song was re-recorded in a new