A "shooting star" or a "falling star".
Another name for a meteor that is visible from Earth is Meteoroid.
October Draconids, a meteor shower from the periodic comet 21P/Giacobini-ZinnerZinner.
A meteor. If any of it survives the fall through the atmosphere and makes it to Earth, that part is a meteorite.
meteorite
a meteor is a meteoroid
Sitem, is the name of another moon for Neptune and it is derived from this, the meaning is 'meteor-like', because the moon itself looks like a meteor. Hope I helped :)
Shooting stars are actually objects burning in the Earth's atmosphere. The name "shooting star" originates from ancient times (before advanced scientific investigation) when these burning meteors were though to actually be stars shooting across the night sky. Those that survive and crash onto the Earth's surface are then called meteorites.
A meteor isn't really a star.
There was a meteor that crashed in England, in 1384. The meteor happened to be 3 feet long. Therefore they took meter from the word meteor.
a usually mistaken name for meteor is a shooting star
There is no synonym for them.
flying stone