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What is the name of a shooting star before it enters the earths atmosphere?
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∙ 14y ago
The correct name for a shooting star is a Meteorite. Before a meteorite enters the Earths atmosphere it is called a Meteoroid.
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A meteoroid that burns up in earths atmosphere is called a?
A meteoroid is a small piece of space debris in the solar system. When a meteoroid enters the Earths atmosphere it becomes a meteor (shooting star).If the meteoroid survives the atmosphere and lands on the Earth, it becomes a meteorite.
What is a meteor calls when it enters earths atmosphere?
A meteorite.
What do you call rock that enters earths atmosphere?
Meteor
What produces streak of light as it enters the earths atmosphere?
meteor
When a meteoroid enters earths atmosphere what is that stream of light called?
Sometimes it is called a "shooting star" but the stream of light is just the meteoroid burning up and parts of it break off.
What is a meteroid that enters earths atmosphere?
When a meteoroid enters the Earth's atmosphere, it is called a meteor. A meteor that passes through the atmosphere and strikes the ground is called a meteorite.
What occurs when a meteor to become a shooting star?
It enters the earth's atmosphere.
You are a dust particle that enters earths atmosphere and is burned up?
A meteor
What does the shuttle pass through as it enters earths atmosphere?
The ozone layer.
What prooduces a streak of light as it enters earths atmosphere?
A meteor or comet
What can go wrong when a spaceship enters earths atmosphere?
Burn up
What Forms when a meteoroid enters earths atmosphere?
Meteoroids don't enter the earths atmosphere, Meteors do. Meteoroids are the rocks that you find on the ground after a meteor penetrated the atmosphere and made it to the ground.
