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Shooting stars small meteorites

A METEOR is a bright streak of light in the sky (a shooting or falling star) produced by the entry of a small meteoroid into the earth's atmosphere . Millions of meteors enter Earth's atmostphere each day, most the size of pinheads.

A METEOR is a bright streak of light in the sky (a shooting or falling star) produced by the entry of a small meteoroid into the earth's atmosphere . Millions of meteors enter Earth's atmostphere each day, most the size of pinheads.

- Amazing Facts, Ladybird; imsc.res.in

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