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"Shooting star" is a colorful metaphor for a meteor, a space rock that falls into the Earth's atmosphere. The speed of the rock (generally about 50,000 miles per hour or more!) causes some friction, but the real heating is done by the compression of the stationary air in front of it. The pressure heats the rock to incandescence, so the "gas" of the shooting star is vaporized rock, iron, nickel, and other metals, reacting with the oxygen and nitrogen in the atmosphere.
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What makes up stars?
Elevation Gases That Escape from the sun
How do some stars become shooting stars?
Shooting stars are not stars. They are bits of dirt and dust that burn up in our atmosphere, briefly making them look like stars. Most of that is debris is from comets or others bits of dirt in space, but they are not stars and were not stars. So stars do not become shooting stars.
What are the shooting stars in the solar system made up of?
shooting stars are meteors which are made from rock and other metals like iron
Why do shooting stars?
"Shooting stars" is a slang term for meteors and meteorites. They seem to shoot across the sky because when they fall into our atmosphere from outer space, they get so hot that they burn up. A meteorite is a meteor that makes it all the way down and lands on Earth.
Can shooting stars be a part of constellations?
Shooting stars are not actually stars but rather meteors that enter Earth's atmosphere and burn up, so they are not part of constellations. Constellations are patterns of stars as seen from Earth, and shooting stars move too quickly to be part of a fixed pattern.
Can shooting stars go up?
No, shooting stars do not go up. Shooting stars, also known as meteors, are debris from space that enters Earth's atmosphere and appears as a streak of light as it burns up due to friction with the air. The perception of shooting stars moving across the sky is due to the Earth's rotation and the meteor's trajectory.
Do shooting stars collide with other stars?
Shooting stars are not stars. They are bits of dirt and dust that burn up in our atmosphere. As they fly through our atmosphere they briefly look stars, which is how the names shooting or falling stars have come about, but they are not stars. Were such a piece of dirt to head toward a star, it would burn up long before it got anywhere close to it, so it could not hit it. A shooting star is usually what most call meteors and burn up in earths atmosphere giving the appearance of a falling star.
What makes shooting stars shoot?
Shooting stars are not actually stars at all but are chunks of rock that are burning up as it travels through the Earths atmosphere. The gravitational pull of the Earths atmosphere is what makes the "stars" move.
What planet is called a shooting star?
None of the planets are called shooting stars. Shooting stars are actually meteoroids that burn up as they enter Earth's atmosphere, creating a streak of light in the sky.
Stars are made up very?
hot gases
What type of gases are stars made up of?
Plasma, Nitrogen, and other deadly gases
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.
