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What are extraterrestrial particles that glow brightly and burn up as they travel through Earth's atmosphere?
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Meteoroids
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What is the difference between an asteoroid and a meteoroid?
An asteroid is any of the small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that orbit the sun, and a meteoroid is any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere while traveling through the solar system.
Why when there is a sunset can you look directly at the sun but cant when it is in the sky?
For the same reason the sunset is a different colour. You are looking at it through a higher density of particles in the atmosphere. So there is more atmosphere to protect your eyes from the bright light of the sun
How does a rocket ship go through the earth's atmosphere?
The engines provide lift, which pushes projectiles down. And, since every action has an equal and opposite reaction, since the engine pushes particles down, the particles push the engine up. The engine, in turn, pushes the rocket ship.
Are stars twinkling?
The light passes through our atmosphere; this atmosphere changes all the time. Small changes in density will change the index of refraction, and change the direction of the light; that's what we see as twinkling.
Pieces of rock that strike the surface of a moon or planet?
These are meteoroids, small pieces of rock debris in space. They enter the earths atmosphere at high speeds, burning up brightly as shooting stars for a brief period due to the friction against the gas in the atmosphere - at this point they are referred to as meteors. If any surviving pieces are found on the surface, they are called meteorites. Since the moon has no atmosphere, meteoroids are able to survive the decent more easily, since there is no gas to cause them to burn up through friction.
What are small extraterrestrial particles that glow brightly and burn up as they travel through earths atmosphere is it asteroids or microcomets or mesocoronas or meteoroids?
That's a description of meteoroids.
Is an asteroid considered a shooting star?
No. A shooting star, scientifically called a meteor, is an object from space that is passing through the atmosphere, heating the air until it glows brightly.
Heat energy trapped by particles in the atmosphere warms the Earth naturally through?
which of the following describes characteristics of the stratosphere
How do astronomers know about meteorites?
Not just astronomers, but everyone knows about meteors and meteorites. You can see them. As Earth goes around the sun, every so often it will travel through a part of space that has lot's of dust and tiny debris particles in it. As these tiny dust particles travel through our atmosphere, they burn up and glow really brightly in the night sky. These are called meteors. If one is large or dense enough to make it to the ground, it's given a new name - a meteorite. Most are tiny though - like the size of a grain of sand.
What is a bright streak of light in the sky caused by the entry into earths atmosphere of a meteroroid?
It's simply dust and ice particles being heated - by friction, as the meteorite travels through the Earth's atmosphere.
What causes a meteoroid to enter earths atmosphere?
The meteoroid heats up and sometimes breaks throught the atmosphere
What is the difference between an asteoroid and a meteoroid?
An asteroid is any of the small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that orbit the sun, and a meteoroid is any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere while traveling through the solar system.
Why when there is a sunset can you look directly at the sun but cant when it is in the sky?
For the same reason the sunset is a different colour. You are looking at it through a higher density of particles in the atmosphere. So there is more atmosphere to protect your eyes from the bright light of the sun
Why would space be a good place for a telescope?
The atmosphere tends to distort light coming through because it gets absorbed or reflected by moisture or particles. The further you get outside the atmosphere (i.e. space) the less atmospheric interference you get.
Why is the sunset clolourful?
Light is refracted through particles in the atmosphere when the sun is low in the sky. The low incident angle means light 'bounces' through the atmosphere and the viewable wavelength is affected. This light refraction effect is otherwise known as the "Tyndall Effect" (Wiki it for more info!)
Why we don't get a spectrum through prism in bright light?
If the enviorment is brightly lit, you may not see the spectrum as it will be too faint compared to the brightly lit background.
Does the moon ever turn rainbow?
No. The moon reflects light from the sun. The light reaches the Earth through the atmosphere. If the atmosphere contains particles, dust, or water vapour, the moon may appear slightly different from normal but unfortunately, not rainbow.
