Meteor
- Particles burning up in the Earth's atmosphere
- Often referred to as shooting stars
- To be visible a meteor must be within ~200 km of the observer
- Differences
- Meteoroids --> In space
- Meteors --> In our atmosphere
- Meteorites --> On Earth
- Formed with the Solar System
- Types
- Typical meteor is produced by a particle with a mass of less than 1 gram
- No larger than a pea