A meteor will become visible to the naked eye between 250,000 and 390,000 feet above the Earth’s surface.When many meteors occur in a close time frame in the same part of the sky it is called a meteor shower.A meteoroid is a small astronomical body in outer space that is made out rock or metallic materials.A meteorite is a meteoroid that survives entry into the Earth’s atmosphere and impacts the surface.Many meteor showers occur when comets leave debris behind while orbiting through the solar system.A meteor (falling star or shooting star) is a meteoroid that has entered the Earth’s atmosphere.Most meteors fall in the ocean because the Earth's surface is covered by more water than land.Meteors can give off various colors when they burn which is associated with their composition.A large majority of the meteoroids in our Solar System are fragments of asteroids and comets. ![]()
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