SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -2 ‘Meteor’ The word ‘meteor’ is derived from the Latin meteorum, from the Greek meteoron, in its plural form meaning atmospheric phenomena or anything in the heavens. It is the substantive use of the Greek meteoros, which means ‘raised’, ‘lofty’, or in a more figurative sense, ‘sublime’.

Detailed explanation-2: -The term meteor comes from the Greek meteoron, meaning phenomenon in the sky. It is used to describe the streak of light produced as matter in the solar system falls into Earth’s atmosphere creating temporary incandescence resulting from atmospheric friction.

Detailed explanation-3: -A meteor is a space rock that hits the atmosphere of the Earth. It’s also another word for a shooting star. There are a lot of bodies in space, such as suns, planets, and moons. Those are all rather large, but there are smaller bodies too, such as meteors.

Detailed explanation-4: -Meteorites are named after the place where they are found. By long-standing convention, meteorites are given names and those names represent the place where the meteorite was found. The finder of the meteorite does not choose the name.