SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -Meteors are a phenomenon that occurs in the atmosphere of the Earth. They come from the Greek word Meteoros, meaning “high in the air”. Any big or small particles in the solar system heating up with friction while entering the Earth’s atmosphere and producing a streak of light are meteors.

Detailed explanation-2: -Most meteor showers come from comets, whose material is quite fragile. Small comet fragments generally won’t survive entry into our atmosphere. In theory, the Taurids and Geminids could send meteorites down to our surface every once in a while, but no remnants have been traced to them definitively.

Detailed explanation-3: -Meteor Showers: When Earth crosses the leftover of a comet, groups of meteors are seen. These meteors fall on Earth like a shower and are known as meteor showers. They occur at regular time intervals in each year.

Detailed explanation-4: -Meteor showers occur when the earth in its orbit around the Sun passes through debris left over from the disintegration of comets. Although the earth’s orbit around the Sun is almost circular, most comets travel in orbits that are highly elongated ellipses.

Detailed explanation-5: -A meteor is a streak of light in the sky caused by a meteoroid crashing through Earth’s atmosphere. Meteoroids are lumps of rock or iron that orbit the sun. Most meteoroids are small fragments of rock created by asteroid collisions. Comets also create meteoroids as they orbit the sun and shed dust and debris.