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 A Leonid meteor, or a shooting star seen in the 2009 Leonid Meteor Shower. |
A meteoroid is a sand- to boulder-sized particle of debris in the Solar System. The visible path of a meteoroid that enters Earth's (or another body's) atmosphere is called a meteor, or colloquially a shooting star or falling star. If a meteoroid reaches the ground and survives impact, then it is called a meteorite. Many meteors appearing seconds or minutes apart are called a meteor shower. The root word meteor comes from the Greek meteōros, meaning "high in the air".
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- Related: American Meteor Society, Baetylus, Green fireballs, Hydrometeor, Impact crater, Impact event, Meteorite, Near-Earth object, North American Meteor Network, Perseids, Tektite, Tollmann's hypothetical bolide
| Astronomers spot meteor streaking across central O... Astronomers spot meteor streaking across central Ontario sky www.cbc.ca/cp/science/080307/g030708A.html - Web |
| Meteoroids Page Meteoroids Page solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Meteors - Web |
| International Meteor Organization fireball page International Meteor Organization fireball page www.imo.net/fireball - Web |
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| British Astronomical Society fireball page British Astronomical Society fireball page britastro.org/baa/content/view/90/121/ - Web |
| Live Meteor Screen Live Meteor Screen www.meteorscan.com - Web |
| Meteor Showers and Viewing Tips Meteor Showers and Viewing Tips stardate.org/nightsky/meteors/ - Web |
| Meteor shower predictions Meteor shower predictions astroclub.tau.ac.il/ephem/Meteors/ - Web |
| A Goddard Space Flight Center Science Question of ... A Goddard Space Flight Center Science Question of the Week where the answer mentions that a fireball will cast a shadow. www.gsfc.nasa.gov/scienceques2005/20060406.htm - Web |
| Society for Popular Astronomy - Meteor Section Society for Popular Astronomy - Meteor Section www.popastro.com/sections/meteor.htm - Web |
| Video - Meteor brilliantly lights up sky - and bre... Video - Meteor brilliantly lights up sky - and breaks into pieces - Canada - Times Online - November 24, 2008 www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article5221569.ece - Web |
| How meteor showers were linked to comets How meteor showers were linked to comets www.cambridge.org/.../catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521853491&ss=exc - Web |
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| Science and History of the Perseid Meteor Shower Science and History of the Perseid Meteor Shower www.space.com/scienceastronomy/perseid_history_020806.html - Web |
| -A History of Meteors and Other Atmospheric Phenom... -A History of Meteors and Other Atmospheric Phenomena www.fireballhistory.com - Web |
| how stuff works : atmospheric penetration of meteo... how stuff works : atmospheric penetration of meteorites science.howstuffworks.com/question486.htm - Web |
