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What velocity will a meteor typically enter earths upper atmosphere?
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∙ 10y ago
There is no one velocity different meteor showers come at us at different speeds.
Lyrids 48 km/s
Perseids 58 km/s
Orionids 66.9 km/s
Leonids 71 km/s
Geminids 35 km/s
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What produces streak of light as it enters the earths atmosphere?
meteor
What is the glowing trial that results when a meteoroid burns up in earths atmosphere?
Meteor
What is the flash of light produced when a meteoroid passes through the earths atmosphere?
meteor ^v^
Would there be friction on a meteor coming towards earth?
By virtue that a meteor is a meteoroid that is burning up in the Earths atmosphere due to friction, then the answer is yes.
What causes a meteor to burn?
gases combined with the speed, plus the passing through earths atmosphere. Or to answer in a word........friction!
What is a meteor calls when it enters earths atmosphere?
A meteorite.
What do you call rock that enters earths atmosphere?
Meteor
What do we call pieces of stones that enter earths atmosphere?
Meteoritesis what we call stones that enter the earths atmosphere.
When an asteroid is burning up in earths atmosphere it is called what?
meteor
What produces streak of light as it enters the earths atmosphere?
meteor
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.
Why are meteor showers not harmful to humans?
They burn high in the earths atmosphere.
What is a comet that broke into Earths atmosphere?
I assume you mean "Meteor" and "Meteorites"
You are a dust particle that enters earths atmosphere and is burned up?
A meteor
What prooduces a streak of light as it enters earths atmosphere?
A meteor or comet
What do we call pieces of stone that come into the earths atmosphere?
It is a meteorite (meteor).
How small does a meteor have to be to burn up in the Earths atmosphere?
it really doesn't madder
