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
And the Thieves Are Gone on November 13, 2007. And the Thieves Are Gone And the Thieves Are Gone is an EP by Joseph Arthur released on December 7, 2004. The bulk of the EP was recorded in New Orleans where much of the album "Our Shadows Will Remain" was produced. "And the Thieves Are Gone" was made available primarily at select US indie music stores only. The song "Real as Rain" became the B-side to the "Can't Exist" single in 2005, and "Papa" became the B-side to the "Devil's Broom" single in 2006. "My Home Is Your Head" appeared in the "House M.D." episode