Question

Meteors are also called shooting stars . Why ?

Answer 1

The sand-sized grains of dustsometimes slam into the thin air that surrounds the Earth, called the atmosphere, where they get hot very quickly. As the dust grains burn up, they leave bright streaks of light across the night sky. These streaks arecalled meteors, often nicknamed 'shooting stars' or 'falling stars'.

Answer 2

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Meteors are often referred to as shooting stars or falling stars because of the bright tail of light they create as they pass through the sky. Most meteors occur in Earth's mesosphere, about 50-80 kilometers (31-50 miles) above the Earth's surface.

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