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Which of the following describes a meteor?
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.
What do you call the brief glow behind a meteor?
This spot is called the radiant point, or simply the radiant. Meteor showers are named after the constellation in which their radiant appears.
What Colour is a meteor?
Meteors are bright and white in color, but using spectroscopy to separate the constituent colors in this light provides valuable information about their composition through their emission spectrum “fingerprint.” A meteorite may come from a comet, remnants from an asteroid collision, or another form of space debris.
Is a shooting star a meteor?
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. When a meteoroid survives a trip through the atmosphere and hits the ground, it’s called a meteorite.
What three forces act on a meteor?
(c) When the meteor enters the Earth’s atmosphere, three forces act on the meteor. Gravity and upthrust are two of these forces….
| planet | distance from the Sun (million km) | time for planet to orbit the Sun (Earth-years) |
|---|---|---|
| Jupiter | 780 | 12.0 |
| Saturn | 1400 | 30.0 |
What does seeing a fireball mean?
Fireballs signify that sickness or death or an epidemic or something is coming. A fireball is more of a sign of a sickness coming to the community or to the area, because they go all over. Indians see them on the lakes, they see them along prairies, and they see them in big fields.