meteor | has product meteorite (if meteoroid does not burn up) | ![2001-09-27 09:30:06.0 2001-09-27 09:30:06.0](facet.gif) |
has average interval time one per hour from a given location on Earth, higher during meteorite shower | ![2001-09-27 09:30:06.0 2001-09-27 09:30:06.0](facet.gif) |
can produce sonic boom | ![2001-09-27 09:30:06.0 2001-09-27 09:30:06.0](facet.gif) |
has synonym shooting star | ![2001-09-27 09:30:06.0 2001-09-27 09:30:06.0](facet.gif) |
has definition when a meteoroid collides with the atmosphere or surface of a celestial body, kinetic energy is converted to heat, light and sound | ![has source: Talbot, J. 2001, 2001-09-27 09:30:06.0 has source: Talbot, J. 2001, 2001-09-27 09:30:06.0](facet.gif) |
has definition Fragment or particle that enters the Earth's atmosphere and is then destroyed through friction, becoming visible as this occurs as a momentary streak of light. At certain times of the year, meteors apparently emanating from a single area of the sky (a radiant) form meteor showers. They are thought to originate within the Solar System. See also meteorite. | ![has source: Abbot, D. 1984 Astronomers, Peter Bedrick Books, New York, 2001-09-27 09:30:06.0 has source: Abbot, D. 1984 Astronomers, Peter Bedrick Books, New York, 2001-09-27 09:30:06.0](facet.gif) |
has definition A "shooting star" - the streak of light in the sky produced by the transit of a meteoroid through the Earth's atmosphere; also the glowing meteoroid itself. The term "fireball" is sometimes used for a meteor approaching the brightness of Venus; the term "bolide" for one approaching the brightness of the full Moon. | ![has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:30:06.0 has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:30:06.0](facet.gif) |
is a kind of impact event | ![2001-09-27 09:30:06.0 2001-09-27 09:30:06.0](facet.gif) |
is a kind of naked eye object | ![2001-09-27 09:30:06.0 2001-09-27 09:30:06.0](facet.gif) |
physical object | has location or center of gravity | ![2001-09-27 09:27:27.0 2001-09-27 09:27:27.0](facet.gif) |
has angular momentum | ![2001-09-27 09:27:27.0 2001-09-27 09:27:27.0](facet.gif) |
has mass | ![2001-09-27 09:27:27.0 2001-09-27 09:27:27.0](facet.gif) |
has velocity | ![2001-09-27 09:27:27.0 2001-09-27 09:27:27.0](facet.gif) |
has momentum | ![2001-09-27 09:27:27.0 2001-09-27 09:27:27.0](facet.gif) |
has temperature | ![2001-09-27 09:27:27.0 2001-09-27 09:27:27.0](facet.gif) |
has volume | ![2001-09-27 09:27:27.0 2001-09-27 09:27:27.0](facet.gif) |
has extent | ![2001-09-27 09:27:27.0 2001-09-27 09:27:27.0](facet.gif) |
has material | ![2001-09-27 09:27:27.0 2001-09-27 09:27:27.0](facet.gif) |
event | has duration | ![2001-09-27 09:29:57.0 2001-09-27 09:29:57.0](facet.gif) |
has time of occurrence | ![2001-09-27 09:29:57.0 2001-09-27 09:29:57.0](facet.gif) |