Assertion: meteoroid | /r/Synonym | a shooting star
Facets:
value: colloquially
type: MANNER
value: commonly
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: A meteor, known colloquially as a shooting star or falling star , is the visible passage of a glowing meteoroid, micrometeoroid, comet or asteroid through Earth's atmosphere, after being heated to incandescence by collisions with air molecules in the upper atmosphere, creating a streak of light via its rapid motion and sometimes also by shedding glowing material in its wake.
text: Meteors are also commonly called shooting stars or falling stars.
text: You can also use this word for the light caused by such an impact: a meteor is a shooting star.
text: A meteor (“shooting star”) is the visible streak of light in the sky from a meteoroid or micrometeoroid entering the Earth’s atmosphere.
text: They're called meteors (shooting stars) when they fall through Earth's atmosphere, and they're known as meteorites if they touch down on land or in the water.
text: Its proper name when it is travelling through the atmosphere of Earth is a meteor, but it may also be down as a falling star or shooting star.
text: A meteor, known colloquially as a "shooting star" or "falling star", is the passage of a meteoroid, micrometeoroid, comet or asteroid into the Earth's atmosphere, heated from collisions with air particles in the upper atmosphere and shedding glowing material in its wake sufficiently to create a visible streak of light.
text: When a meteoroid enters the Earth's atmosphere and becomes visible, it is known as a meteor (or shooting star).
text: A meteor, known colloquially as a shooting star or falling star , is the visible passage of a glowing meteoroid, micrometeoroid, comet or asteroid through Earth's atmosphere, after being heated to incandescence by collisions with air molecules in the upper atmosphere, creating a streak of light via its rapid motion and sometimes also by shedding glowing material in its wake.
text: A meteor, known colloquially as a shooting star or falling star , is the visible passage of a glowing meteoroid, micrometeoroid, comet or asteroid through Earth's atmosphere, after being heated to incandescence by collisions with air molecules in the upper atmosphere, creating a streak of light via its rapid motion and sometimes also by shedding glowing material in its wake.
text: When en asteroid/meteoroid enters Earth’s atmosphere, it becomes a meteor (also known as a shooting star).
text: A meteor, known colloquially as a shooting star or falling star , is the visible passage of a glowing meteoroid, micrometeoroid, comet or asteroid through Earth's atmosphere, after being heated to incandescence by collisions with air molecules in the upper atmosphere, creating a streak of light via its rapid motion and sometimes also by shedding glowing material in its wake.
text: Meteors are also called shooting stars.
text: Meteors also are called shooting stars.
text: The visible path of a meteoroid that enters Earth's (or another body's) atmosphere is called a meteor, a shooting star or a falling star.