A meteor is the visible path of a meteoroid that enters the Earth's (or another body's) atmosphere, commonly called a shooting star. The visibility is due to the heat produced by the atmospheric entry. A very bright meteor, brighter than the apparent magnitude of Venus, may be called a fireball or bolide.
If a meteoroid survives its transit of the atmosphere to come to rest on the surface, the resulting object is called a meteorite.
See also
Disambiguation
- Meteor Mobile Communications, Ireland
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- Meteor is the name of a hydrofoil watercraft
- Meteor is the name of a Science Fiction film.
- Gloster Meteor, the RAF's first operational jet fighter