Shot starn

A shot starn is whit is seen whan a space rock faws tae Yird. They can forby faw ontae the Muin, or ither planets like Maurs. It is aften kent as a fire-flaucht or meteor an micht bi seen as a bricht licht in the nicht lift.  Due to thair composeetion, gin they conteen airn they mak a yellae o oranger colour, o conteenin magnesium, mak a bricht white licht, tho maist ur blee.

Shot starns micht bi lairge bitties o rock tae wee doost o stour frae ooter space, swirling but hadna get pullt in tae shape a planet. Pebble-sized or mair muckle meteors can uisually be seen frae the grund ablo, but maist arene veesible acause they ir the size o a flek o doost.
alt=meteor crater Arizona|left|thumb|2019 Shot starn crater, Arizona
The shot starns that gaen intae the Yird's atmosphere begin tae heat up an brak apairt but aboot 10 to 50 a day faw aa the wey tae the grund. If it dings the grund, or gang intae the Yird's atmosphere, it is cried a meteorite. Muckle meteorites can leave a thirl in the grund, cried a crater. 

Maist  (twa thirds) o the meteorites that dinnae burn up, faa intae the ocean. 


Category:Astronomical objects

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en:Meteoroid#Meteor