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What are facts about meteors?
Most meteors burn up high in the atmosphere, or explode when they hit the thicker part of the atmosphere. Air friction will vaporize all but the heaviest of meteor materials. Meteor showers occur when the Earth passes through large belts of... Read More »
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What are the main facts of asteroids comets and meteors?
comets have tails and are made up of ice and dust. as for the others.. i dont know Read More »
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What are some interesting facts about meteors?
Most meteors burn up high in the atmosphere, or explode when they hit the thicker part of the atmosphere. Air friction will vaporize all but the heaviest of meteor materials. Meteor showers occur when the Earth passes through large belts of... Read More »
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1. When a meteor produces enough light to cast a shadow on the earth it is called a fireball. 2. A meteor ia a tiny particle from outerspace that produces light as it enters the earth's atmosphere. 3. When a fireball explodes in the atmosph...
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Interesting and true. I haven't thought of it that way. Maybe it has to do more with the speed that a meteor achieves, giving the indication that something is similarly fast. I found the following here:http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/...
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a meteor shower is a bunch of meteors burning up in the earth's atmosphere as they attempt to enter.
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Despite a popular misconception, meteor showers are actually incredibly boring. On a similar note, asteroid belts are nothing like depicted in movies. The rocks are usually extremely far from each other and it would be nearly impossible to ...
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