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The word "meteor" refers to the weather (which is way weather men are called Meteorologists). Before it was appreciated that there were rocks from outer space burning in our atmosphere, meteors were thought to be some sort of weather phenomenon.
Properly, a "meteor" is the light streak in the sky; the rock that caused the meteor, if one is lucky enough to find it, is a "meteorite" and if an astronaut encounters a rock in near-Earth space BEFORE it becomes a meteor/meteorite, that's a "meteoroid."
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What is the syllable for meteorite?
The correct spelling is meteorite (a meteor that reaches the ground).
What celestial objects can a meteor come from?
The average space rock that becomes a meteor is typically a fragment from a comet, or a shard thrown off when two asteroids collide.
What is the description of a meteor?
A visible meteor is a meteor that can be seen by the naked-eye
An area of the sky where multiple meteors can be sometimes observed is referred to as a?
Meteor shower. It occurs when Earth passes through the debris left behind by a comet, resulting in multiple meteors appearing to come from the same point in the sky.
Where are the places that hit by an meteor?
Meteorites (a rock in space is a meteor, a rock screaming through the atmosphere is a meteoroid, and a rock that falls to Earth from space is a meteorite) occur all over the globe. However, there are two interesting places to find meteorites. 1. Antarctica. With the ice and snow near the South Pole being a mile thick, any rock sitting on the surface is probably a meteorite. 2. The Outback of Australia. There isn't much there, including people. A lot of meteor hunters have good luck finding meteorites in the Outback, because the meteorites don't look like local rocks.
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What is the adjective of meteor?
The word meteor is a noun, its adjective form is meteoric.
What does the word meteororid means?
Meteoroid is a small meteor, or like a meteor.
What country does the word teepee come from?
The word teepee comes from the country of Italy
What country does the word tepee come from?
the word tepee comes from the country Sioux
What country did the word mosquito come from?
it is a Spanish word
What is a good sentence for the word meteor?
The meteor left a large crater where it landed.
What country does the word trio come from?
it comes from the country arabic
What country does the word pukka come from?
The word comes from India.
What country did the word geyser come from?
The word geyser is Icelandic.
What country did the word for cocoa come from?
a Spanish word from Mexico
