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#KnowledgeBit: St. Elmo's fire - also called Witchfire or Witch's Fire - is a weather phenomenon in which luminous plasma is created by a corona discharge from a rod-like object such as a mast, spire, chimney, or animal horn in an atmospheric electric field. St. Elmo's fire is named after St. Erasmus of Formia (also known as St. Elmo), the patron saint of sailors. https://knowledgezone.co.in/kbits/64ef5a1906b95a352a427859

#KnowledgeBit: The #Geminid #Meteor shower is one of the most popular meteor showers each year, known for its fast, bright meteors. It's caused by the object 3200 Phaethon, which is thought to be an Apollo asteroid with a "rock comet" orbit. https://knowledgezone.co.in/kbits/6687a31a6d1e9ace70afbe63