... The flash of light from this incineration is correctly called a meteor. ... A meteor is formed when an object, usually the size of a marble or a piece of popcorn, hits the atmosphere at an altitude of 80 ...
... intersects a meteor stream, the meteor rate is increased and a meteor shower results ... A particularly intense meteor shower is called a meteor storm. ... meteors are believed to have had a gradual loss of orbital coherence with a meteor ...
... Explanation: Just days before the peak of the Leonid meteor shower , skywatchers were offered another astronomical treat as planet Mercury crossed the face of the Sun on November 15. ...
... In 1996, at the "Asteroids, Comets and Meteors 96" meeting, the asteroid N. 6011 has been officially named "Tozzi" in honor of my research activity on the Solar System. ...
... One of the best preserved examples is Barringer Meteor Crater near Winslow, Arizona. ... atmosphere at high velocity, friction causes this chunk of space matter to incinerate in a streak of light known as a meteor ...
... The meteors in our night sky are visible evidence of bodies of this type burning up ... The famous meteor crater in northern Arizona, some 1.2 kilometers (4,000 feet) in ...
... Festou, M. C. 1990, Asteroids, Comets, Meteors III Vectorial Model Scalelengths for ... Michel C. 1992, Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 1991 Heliocentric distance dependencies ...