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meteor

/'mitiər/

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noun
(astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere
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meteoroid

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estraterrestrial body extraterrestrial object
noun
a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode
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shooting star

type of:
light visible radiation visible light

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meteor shower meteor stream

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