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Ten Facts About Meteors - NASA
A meteor shower occurs when the Earth passes through the trail of debris left by a comet or asteroid. Meteors are bits of rocks and ice ejected from comets as they move in their orbits about the sun. A meteor that reaches the ground it is called a meteorite. Meteor showers get their names from the constellation in where their radiant is located.
Meteor - National Geographic Society
A meteor is a streak of light in the sky caused by a meteoroid crashing through Earth’s atmosphere. Meteoroids are lumps of rock or iron that orbit the sun. Most meteoroids are small fragments of rock created by asteroid collisions. Comets also create meteoroids as they orbit the sun and shed dust and debris.
Meteors and Meteorites - Science@NASA
Meteors: When meteoroids enter Earth’s atmosphere (or that of another planet, like Mars) at high speed and burn up, the fireballs or “shooting stars” are called meteors. Meteorites: When a meteoroid survives a trip through the atmosphere and hits the ground, it’s called a meteorite.
Watch the Geminids Meteor Shower Reach Its Peak Tonight
Watch the Geminids Meteor Shower Reach Its Peak Tonight. A Geminids meteor over Salgotarjan, Hungary, in 2021. Peter Komka/EPA, via Shutterstock. On any given night, far from bright city lights...
Meteors and Meteorites: Facts - Science@NASA
There are three major types of meteorites: the "irons," the "stonys," and the "stony-irons." Although the majority of meteorites that fall to Earth are stony, most of the meteorites discovered long after they fall are irons. Irons are heavier and easier to distinguish from Earth rocks than stony meteorites.
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