SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -Meteor showers happen when our planet passes through the debris left behind by asteroids and comets. When pieces of this debris collide with the Earth’s atmosphere they burn up, producing shooting stars.

Detailed explanation-2: -Meteors (or shooting stars) are very different from comets, although the two can be related. A Comet is a ball of ice and dirt, orbiting the Sun (usually millions of miles from Earth). As the ices in the nucleus are heated and vaporized by the Sun, gas escapes, taking dust particles along with it.

Detailed explanation-3: -Shooting stars are very common. Rock from space regularly enters the Earth’s atmosphere, with around one million shooting stars occurring every day around the world. To try to see a shooting star, the sky should ideally be clear.

Detailed explanation-4: -The short-lived trail of light the burning meteoroid produces is called a meteor. Meteors are commonly called falling stars or shooting stars. If any part of the meteoroid survives burning up and actually hits the Earth, that remaining bit is then called a meteorite.

Detailed explanation-5: -Meteor showers happen when our planet passes through the debris left behind by asteroids and comets. When pieces of this debris collide with the Earth’s atmosphere they burn up, producing shooting stars.