Radiant (meteor shower) move along the comet's wake, and when the Earth moves through such debris, a meteor shower results. Because all of the debris is moving in roughly the same direction, the meteors which strike the atmosphere all "point" back to the direction of the comet's path. As an exception, the Geminids are a shower caused by the object 3200 Phaethon, which is thought to be a Palladian asteroid. The radiant is an important factor in observation. If the radiant point is at or below the horizon, then few if any meteors will be observed. This is because the atmosphere shields the
And the Thieves Are Gone 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 "Ugly," which first aired