Meteor

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

• meteor shower

Disambiguation

• Meteor Mobile Communications, Ireland
• MBDA Meteor is a next generation beyond visual range air-to-air missile
• 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