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📅 Updated:2024-10-05
🕒 Created:2016-12-19
🆔 ID:14421
Description
The colloquial term for a meteoroid entering the atmosphere, creating a bright streak across the sky as it burns up from friction heating. See also
- meteor - The proper name for a shooting star but mostly refers to larger falling space rocks (asteroid) as a tag.