meteor
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Meteor showers occur whenever Earth moves through one of these streams of debris.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2026
John Maclean, from the UK Meteor Network, said the meteor was not connected to any astronomical event, and likely stemmed from a larger asteroid.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Meteor strikes may have done more than reshape Earth's surface.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
Orionids are known to leave glowing trails that can last seconds or even minutes due to their astounding speed — 41 miles a second, according to the American Meteor Society.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2025
The next case housed a Canyon Diablo meteorite, one of many fragments of the asteroid that created the Barringer Meteor Crater in Arizona.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
Vocabulary lists containing meteor
Over The Moon: Planetary Vocabulary
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Space Science (Astronomy) - Introductory
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