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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 1813. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar System, Meteors

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Meteors are transient luminous phenomena visible in the night sky and popularly called shooting stars. They are caused by small solid cosmic bodies called meteoroids. Meteoroids enter the atmosphere of the Earth with cosmic velocities of several tens of kilometers per second, evaporate and radiate typically at about 90 km above the surface. Most meteoroids are products of disintegration of COMETS...

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