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a usually mistaken name for meteor is a shooting star
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What is the name of a hole in the ground caused by a meteor hitting a planet?
a crater.
What is the name of the great meteor crater in Arizona?
That's the "Barringer Meteor Crater", alongside I-40. Read all about the crater, and see a great aerial photo of it in the related links.
What is bigger meteor or asteroid?
meteor
What is a meteor tail called?
A meteor is the name given to something that has hit the Earth. You may be referring to a comet, which orbits the Sun. In that case, it is just called a comet tail, nothing more.
How can you use meteor in a sentence?
The meteor fell from the sky
What other name might you use for a meteor?
a meteor is a meteoroid
What is another name for a meteor that is visible from Earth?
Another name for a meteor that is visible from Earth is Meteoroid.
What is the name of the fallen asteroid?
The name is meteor.
Why is a shootig star an inaccurate name of a meteor?
A meteor isn't really a star.
How did meter get its name?
There was a meteor that crashed in England, in 1384. The meteor happened to be 3 feet long. Therefore they took meter from the word meteor.
What is other name for Meteor?
flying stone
What is the correct term for a shooting star?
A meteor. If any of it survives the fall through the atmosphere and makes it to Earth, that part is a meteorite.
What is the name of meteor that has fallan to earth?
It is called a meteorite.
What is a meteor's name when it hits Earth?
It is called a meteorite.
What is the other name for shooting stars?
Comet and meteorite.
What is another name for October's Giacobinid meteor showers?
October Draconids, a meteor shower from the periodic comet 21P/Giacobini-ZinnerZinner.
What is the name of the meteor in the movie monsters vs aliens?
Quantonium
