SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -A meteor is a streak of light in the sky caused by a meteoroid crashing through Earth’s atmosphere.

Detailed explanation-2: -Have you ever seen a meteor shower, where meteors burn up and streak across the sky? Some people call them shooting stars. Those meteors are burning up in the mesosphere. The meteors make it through the exosphere and thermosphere without much trouble because those layers don’t have much air.

Detailed explanation-3: -These burning particles of space dust, known as meteors, are commonly called shooting stars or falling stars. The bright streak of light created by their luminous vapors seems to move quickly across the sky before fading out seconds later.

Detailed explanation-4: -This is also when we refer to them as “shooting stars.” Sometimes meteors can even appear brighter than Venus–that’s when we call them “fireballs.” Scientists estimate that about 48.5 tons (44, 000 kilograms) of meteoritic material falls on Earth each day.