... are called meteorite.
... are pieces of matter that burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere and do not hit the ground.
... The term meteor comes from the Latin meteora, meaning ‘phenomena in the heavens.’
... can be the size of a piece of dust, to the size of a human fist, to the size of a small house.
...Small shooting stars are called micrometeoroids or cosmic dust grains.
... are on average, from 11/km/sec to 72 km/sec, which is 25,000 mph to 160,000 mph, fast.
...Over 25 million meteors hit the Earth’s atmosphere every day.
...are commonly Chondrites, which are stone meteorites.
Chondrites that have been found have been dated 4.55 billion years.
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.. showers are also called a swarms. and can last between a few days to a few weeks.
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