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It depends on how quickly they enter. It's safe to say they get very hot. Most particles burn up as they enter and can be seen at night as "shooting stars" as they glow. When the space shuttle reentered earth's atmosphere it had to do so in a precise angle. If it entered too shallow it would bounce back into space. If it entered too steeply it would burn up. The heat is caused by the friction of the air passing over the object.
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Why a spacecraft gets hot when entering the earth?
From the friction caused by moving through the earth's atmosphere.
What causes a spaceship to get red hot when re entering earths atmosphere?
Cats eat bats on mats
What layer of the atmosphere is mostly hot?
It isn't. Anything entering or reentering Earth's atmosphere heats up because of heat caused by friction between the air and the object.
Why spacecraft get hot while enter into the earths atmosphere?
A spacecraft has to work against the air friction when it enters our atmosphere. Thus it gets heated a
How hot is the mesosphere?
Because it near the Outer Core which is HOT and liquidy and there's a Atmosphere that is also warm. KEY TO ATMOSPHERE (The Atmosphere is not really HOT just warm)
Why does the space shuttle get very hot when entering the earth's atmosphere?
The space shuttle heats up when it enters the atmosphere because it encounters friction from the atmosphere. This is why the space shuttle is covered with special tiles that dissipates heat very quickly. You can hold a red hot one with the tips of your fingers. At the time of the deorbit burn the space shuttle is going 14,500 miles an hour. The atmosphere friction slows it down slow enough it open it's parachutes.
Where in the atmosphere do hot air balloons float?
Hot air balloons float because hot air displaces cool air in the atmosphere
How hot is mars's atmosphere?
no
How big is Mars atmosphere?
Venus has a low atmosphere and it is rally hot
Is there moisture in the atmosphere if the environment is not hot?
Yes
Planet with hot surface and no atmosphere?
Mercury
What is a rock called that crashes into earths atmosphere?
Avery hot piece of ston!e Avery hot piece of ston!eA rock that enters the Earth's atmosphere is called a meteor. If it reaches the ground, it is called a meteorite. We call them meteors.
