3200 Phaethon discovery, several other objects were found exhibiting mixed cometary and asteroidal features, such as 133P/Elst–Pizarro. Shortly after its discovery, Fred Whipple observed that the "orbital elements of 1983 TB shown on IAUC 3879 are virtually coincident with the mean orbital elements of 19 Geminid meteors photographed with the super-Schmidt meteor cameras". In other words, Phaethon is the long-sought parent body of the Geminids meteor shower of mid-December. Phaethon approached to of Earth on December 10, 2007, and was detected by radar at Arecibo. When Phaethon came to perihelion in July 2009, it was found to be brighter than expected. During
The Opposite of December The Opposite of December The Opposite of December... A Season of Seperation is the first full-length album by experimental hardcore band Poison the Well, released on December 14, 1999. Very influential in the early popularization of metalcore around the turn of the century, the album was the band's first on Trustkill Records and is now recognized as a landmark album in the genre due to its quality and influence. A remastered edition of the album was released on November 20, 2012 on Rise Records. Technical "The Opposite of December" was pressed on vinyl three times, the latter being a 2008