SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -When a meteoroid enters Earth’s upper atmosphere, it heats up due to friction from the air. The heat causes gases around the meteoroid to glow brightly, and a meteor appears. 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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Friction can produce heat. This can be observed if you rub your palm against each other. Likewise, when a meteorite enters the earth’s atmosphere, the air applies a frictional force against the motion of the meteorite. Due to this frictional force, heat is produced and the meteor starts burning.

Detailed explanation-3: -Meteors, also known as shooting stars, are pieces of dust and debris from space that burn up in Earth’s atmosphere, where they can create bright streaks across the night sky.

Detailed explanation-4: -During a meteorite’s 10-to 15-second trip through the atmosphere, air friction heats its surface to a red-hot 1, 800 degrees Celsius. This friction can melt the meteorite, and can carry away up to 90 percent of the original mass, leaving interesting surface features.

Detailed explanation-5: -When meteoroids enter the Earth’s atmosphere they are called meteors. Most meteors burn up in the atmosphere, but if they survive the frictional heating and strike the surface of the Earth they are called meteorites. The Earth has been struck by many meteorites, some quite large.