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Noun Concept
Categories: Articles with short description, Solar System, Pages with missing ISBNs, Meteoroids
EN
meteor  shooting star  falling star
EN
A streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode WordNet 3.0
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astronomy
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A streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere. OmegaWiki
A fast-moving streak of light in the night sky caused by the entry of extraterrestrial matter into the earth's atmosphere: A shooting star or falling star. Wiktionary
Streak of light. Wiktionary (translation)
A meteor, especially a streak of light in the night sky, caused by a meteoroid burning up as it enters the Earth’s atmosphere. Wiktionary
Meteor. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
light
PART OF
meteor shower
HAS KIND
bolide
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
EN
meteor, shooting star
Wiktionary
EN
meteor, shooting star
OmegaWiki
EN
falling star, meteor, shooting star
Wikipedia Redirections
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meteor, shooting star

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