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Long streaks of bright light caused when a meteoroid gets close to the sun?
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A meteor is long streak of light that is visible when a meteoroid gets close to the sun. When a meteor goes through the atmosphere and hits the ground, it is called a meteorite.
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Why can you not see the constellations in daylight hours?
The sun, a star, is so bright and it is brighter than all other stars. The sun is so bright because it is so close.
What planet is often seen as a bright morning or evening star?
Venus, because it is close to the Sun (and very bright) it is seen either before the Sun at dawn or after the Sun at dusk.
Why can you see the moon so brightly if it doesn't produce its own light?
because it was bright It reflects light from the sun. The sun is very bright. The moon is large and very close to the earth.
What is the bright planet in the south sky in the UK?
At the moment (beginning of December 2008), the bright planets to be seen in the evening sky are Venus and Jupiter, the two are in conjunction (close together) in the sky at the moment.
Are the brightest stars always the largest?
No because they might just be bright because they are close, like Sirius and Procyon, or they might be bright because they are really are huge stars a long way way, like Rigel and Deneb.
What is a long streaks of bright light caused when a meteoroid gets close to the ground as its?
a fireball
What causes the streaks of bright light cause when a meteoroid get close to the ground as it is burning up?
a fireball
What are long streaks of bright light caused when metiroid gets close to the ground as its buring?
fire ball
What is a long streaks of bright light caused when a meteroid gets close to the ground as it's burning up?
=ANSWER:==Frictional heating, produced by the meteoroid's energetic collision with atmospheric atoms and molecules, causes its surface to melt and vaporize and also heats the air around it. The result is the luminous phenomenon recognized as a meteor. Popular synonyms for meteors include shooting stars and falling stars. The vast majority of meteoroids that collide with Earth burn up in the upper atmosphere. If a meteoroid survives its fiery plunge through the atmosphere and lands on Earth's surface, the object is known as a meteorite.=
What is it called when meteoroid gets close to the ground and burns up?
when it is close to the ground, it is a meteor when it hits the ground, it is called a meteorite
How meteor meteoroid meteorite relate?
A meteorOID is a space rock floating around in space. It actually isn't "floating" - it's falling around the Sun in orbit, under the influence of gravity. When the meteorOID comes too close to the Earth, it falls into the Earth's gravity well and hits our atmosphere. The meteoroid heats up with friction, and the compressive heating of running into the wall of air, and begins to glow; it becomes a METEOR, which is the bright streak of light itself. If the space rock survives its fall through the atmosphere and strikes the Earth, the rock - or more likely, the fragments of the rock - that are sitting on the ground are called meteorITES.
How does a meteor apperoch earth?
A meteoroid travels through the solar system. If it comes close enough to the earth then the earth's gravitational attraction will pull it towards the earth. If the meteoroid get pulled into the earth's atmosphere it becomes a meteor, and by this time it is already captured by earth's gravity.
What are the similarities between a meteor and Meteorite?
A meteorOID is a space rock floating around in space. It actually isn't "floating" - it's falling around the Sun in orbit, under the influence of gravity. When the meteorOID comes too close to the Earth, it falls into the Earth's gravity well and hits our atmosphere. The meteoroid heats up with friction, and the compressive heating of running into the wall of air, and begins to glow; it becomes a METEOR, which is the bright streak of light itself. If the space rock survives its fall through the atmosphere and strikes the Earth, the rock - or more likely, the fragments of the rock - that are sitting on the ground are called meteorITES.
What is a measurable effect caused by close circuit that you can hear?
a measurableeffect caused by close circuit that you can hear
Is there a bright south star?
No. Sigma Octans is a star close to the south pole of the sky, but it is not particularly bright.
What is the icy rock that has bright tail when it is close to the sun?
a comet
What is the icy rock that has a bright tail when it close to the sun?
a comet
