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Does air resistance make meteors glow?

Yes, in a way it does make meteors glow. Air resistance creates friction on the rock which heats it up. This heat is then emitted in the form of light, which is why you see meteors glow.


How meteors occur?

Small particles of rock or dust slam into a planet's atmosphere. Friction against the atmosphere creates immense heat which causes air hit by the meteoroid to glow. Soon after, the meteor disintegrates or lands.


What are space objects that burn as they enter Earth's atmosphere called?

Its called friction. When the rock enters the atmosphere it can be travelling at thousands of miles and hour. In space there is nothing to slow it down, when it comes to the Earths atmosphere there is resistance as the air tries to slow it down, this creates heat and the tempretures can reach thousands of degrees, rock melts at about 1200ºC.


What are extraterrestrial particles that glow brightly and burn up as they travel through Earth's atmosphere?

Those are most likely meteors, which are space debris that enter Earth's atmosphere at high speeds. The friction from the atmosphere heats up the meteor, causing it to glow brightly and eventually burn up, creating a streak of light known as a meteor or shooting star.


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.


What sphere do you see meteors?

Meteors generally burn up in the Mesosphere, but depending on the velocity and size of the meteor, they can burn up at almost any level of the atmosphere. We can see meteors because they emit light when they enter the atmosphere as the heated air around them glows from the heat. The reason they get hot and the meteor generally burns up is that when the extremely fast meteor hits the atmosphere, it compresses the air it hits and thus causes the temperature of the air to rise until the air glows from the heat. Also, the incredible friction as the meteor rubs against the atmosphere contributes to its glow and its burning up.


What layer of atmosphere where meteors burn up while entering the earth?

Meteors start to glow in the Mesosphere, and usually burn out in the upper Stratosphere. Put another way, when you first see a meteor, it is about 80 miles up, and when it "goes out" it is about 40 miles up.


What causes a meteor to shine like a star?

Meteors shine like a star because of the friction with Earth's atmosphere as they travel at high speeds. This causes the meteor to heat up and glow.


In what part of the atmosphere does solar particles hit atoms and cause them to glow?

In the very highest layer of the atmosphere, the ionosphere, solar particles collide with oxygen and nitrogen atoms and green, blue and red light is given off.This light is the http://wiki.answers.com/FAQ/7810


What happens to objects that enter the earths atmosphere?

the objects which enter the earths atmosphere are being pulled down towards the earths surface due to the earths gravity. And so it leads to falling falling of large objects from the space on the surface of the earth.


Why do meteors light up or burn when seen in the night sky?

Meteors are space debris made of rock or metal. When they enter the Earths atmosphere they heat up through friction with the air and glow very brightly. They can be seen streaking across the sky and seem to be on fire. Hence the name fireball.


What hits the atmosphere faster than 90000 mph?

Meteors or space debris entering the Earth's atmosphere can reach speeds of over 90,000 mph. At such high velocities, friction with the atmosphere causes them to heat up and glow, creating the phenomenon known as a meteor or shooting star.