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Meteors are rocks from outer space that strike the Earth's atmosphere and are heated to incandescence (glowing heat) by friction. Most are completely vaporized, but some do fall to Earth.
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What has caused all of the craters on the moons surface?
Space rocks (meteors) striking the surface.
What type of scientist is most likely study a meteor flying through outer space?
Astronomer
What is the major difference between meteors and asteroids?
meteors are more of a smaller type of space rock that runs through the asteroid belt and other places and rings in our solar system and galaxy.astroids are the biggest and most massive space rocks in the universe that can make collisions and impacts 100 times bigger than meteors they sometimes are bigger than planets.
Why NASA aircraft don't break in outer space?
because their between so many rocks are their
Do meteors travel through space?
yes
Is global warming causing meteors to come down from outer space?
No. Meteors are space rocks that collide with the Earth. They have nothing at all to do with global warming.
Do comets and meteors have anything in common?
Yes they do, they are both rocks from outer-space. They both have a nucleus and they both travel in space. The thing that comets and meteors have in common is that they all travel in space and most of them all have not changed because of their formation in the solar nebula.
Why do meteors explore?
Meteors do not explore. Rocks from space can not explore, only living beings can.
What are the rocks in space that never quite made it as planets?
meteors
What layer in the atmosphere do meteors come from?
Meteors come from outer space and crash into our atmosphere which burns them. That's what a shooting star is.
Why the wolrd is going end?
the world will end because of meteors from outer space
When the space rocks get large enough?
they are called meteors, comets, moons or planets.
What is the difference between meteors and stars?
Meteors are made up of rocks and ice and dust from space where as shooting stars are falling stars.
What has caused all of the craters on the moons surface?
Space rocks (meteors) striking the surface.
What was outer space filled with?
Nothing. That is why they call it outer space. the only things that are out there are stars, rocks, planets and light and darkness
What are comets and meteors made of?
Comets and meteors are made of rocks and boulders same as on earth. But since they are in space for a long time, they might have some differences, little differences.
What can outer space rocks tell you?
What planets are out there and if there atmosphere livable.
