a usually mistaken name for meteor is a shooting star
The name of the great meteor crater in Arizona is simply called Meteor Crater. It is also known as Barringer Crater, named after Daniel Barringer who was one of the first to suggest it was formed by a meteor impact.
Meteor shower
A meteor tail is called a "meteor trail" or "meteor streak." It is the glowing path left behind as a meteoroid travels through Earth's atmosphere.
a crater.
The term "fireball" can refer to various phenomena, but in a scientific context, it often describes a bright meteor. The scientific name for a meteor is "meteoroid" before it enters the Earth's atmosphere, and once it becomes a bright streak of light during its atmospheric entry, it is called a "meteor." If the object survives the fall and lands on Earth, it is then referred to as a "meteorite."
a meteor is a meteoroid
Another name for a meteor that is visible from Earth is Meteoroid.
A meteor isn't really a star.
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.
flying stone
A meteor. If any of it survives the fall through the atmosphere and makes it to Earth, that part is a meteorite.
It is called a meteorite.
It is called a meteorite.
The name of the great meteor crater in Arizona is simply called Meteor Crater. It is also known as Barringer Crater, named after Daniel Barringer who was one of the first to suggest it was formed by a meteor impact.
Comet and meteorite.
October Draconids, a meteor shower from the periodic comet 21P/Giacobini-ZinnerZinner.
A "shooting star" or a "falling star".