A Geminid from Gemini . ... 29.12.1998 . ... Credit Copyright: B. Yen (Comet-Track) Explanation: The Leonid meteor shower was not the only good meteor shower this season. Earlier this month, the annual Geminids meteor shower peaked, featuring as many as 140 meteors per hour from some locations. ... Many observers reported that the 1998 Geminids were typically less bright than the 1998 Leonids , but appeared more bunched, with groups of two or three meteors sometimes appearing simultaneously. ...