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- Meteors are very small pieces of rock that enter Earth's atmosphere at high speeds, appearing as bright streaks in the sky. They are called meteorites if they survive entry and land on Earth. - Records of meteors and meteor showers date back many years, as Native Americans recorded meteor showers they observed. - There are approximately 9 annual meteor showers per year seen on Earth.

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Brochure

- Meteors are very small pieces of rock that enter Earth's atmosphere at high speeds, appearing as bright streaks in the sky. They are called meteorites if they survive entry and land on Earth. - Records of meteors and meteor showers date back many years, as Native Americans recorded meteor showers they observed. - There are approximately 9 annual meteor showers per year seen on Earth.

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Meteorific Triva!!

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 The term meteor comes from A Meteor Saga
the Greek meteoron, meaning
“The work remains a nonpareil: direct,
phenomenon in the sky.
correct, and delightful.”
- Leonardo Ta Pinchi
 Records of meteors and meteor
showers date back many years.
“…still a little brochure, small enough and
Native Americans took records
important enough to carry in your pocket,
of the meteor and meteor
as I carry mine.”
showers that they saw in their
- Chake Sully, Na’bi
life time.

 There are about 9 annual


meteor showers per year.

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Kezia Keren Marbella

Submitted to:
Miss Vanessa Kaye Melecio

http://bit.ly/MeteorSeeker
Wish I may…
METEORS, METEORITES, AND METEOROIDS
wish I might…

Also known as shooting stars, meteors are stony iron, and iron. The most common
very small pieces of rock which enter the Earth's meteorites are chondrites, which are stony
atmosphere at high velocities (typically 40km/s). meteorites. Stony meteorites make up about 93
They are seen as bright streaks across the sky as percent of all meteorites found on Earth and
they ionize the surrounding air. The larger the piece they can be further divided into chondrites and
of rock, the brighter the meteor. achondrites. Chondrites, which are made of the
same dust and debris that formed Earth at the
If a meteor appears above magnitude -4 in
the sky then it is termed a fireball. Some of the
larger pieces of rock may land on the Earth - they
beginning of the solar system 4.5 billion years
are called meteorites. When a piece of space rock
ago, are much more common than achondrites,
has not yet collided with the Earth, it is called a
which have been geologically processed.
meteoroid. Meteoroids are the debris left behind
Besides stony meteorites, stony-iron and iron
from comets.
meteorites make up the last two types, with
Meteorites have proven difficult to stony-iron meteorites being the rarest.
classify, but the three broadest groupings are stony,
A photograph of a Leonid meteor showing a
meteor, its afterglow, and its wake.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Leonid_Meteor.jpg
http://www.hubbletelescope.btinternet.co.uk/meteors.shtml
http://solar-system-astronomy.suite101.com/article.cfm/facts_about_meteors

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