Meteoroids are solid objects that orbit the sun. When they enter the Earth's atmosphere, they heat up and produce bright streaks called meteors. Meteors originate from within our solar system, such as from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Meteor showers occur when streams of meteoroids enter the atmosphere parallel to each other, radiating from a single point in the night sky. Common meteor showers include the Quadrantids in January, Lyrids in April, and Geminids in December.

1. METEORS

2. METEORS

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Meteoroids – are solid, rocklike objects that revolve
around the sun

4. Meteors-
the
hot, bright steak of the
air expands making a
track visible from the
surface of the earth.

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Chondrules – small, colorful, grain-like spheres
about the size of pin head- are found in the most
common type of stone meteorite, and give that class
its name: the chondrites

6. Where do
meteors come
from?

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They probably come from within our own solar
system, rather than from interstellar space.
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Scientist believed that meteors could have been
interplanetary debris or displaced objects from the
asteroid belts. – is the gap or area between the
planets Mars and Jupiter where most asteroids are
believed to be located.

8. Asteroid belt

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Meteor Shower - A meteor shower is a celestial
event in which a number of meteors are observed to
radiate, or originate, from one point in the night sky.
These meteors are caused by streams of cosmic
debris called meteoroids entering Earth's
atmosphere at extremely high speeds on parallel
trajectories.

10. 
Meteor shower in
Phoenix, October 2021, 2012

11. Quadrantid – January 2

12. Lyrids – April 21

13. Eta Aquarids – May 5

14. Orionids – October 21

15. Taurids – November 16

16. Gemenids – December 16