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meteor (shooting star)
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meteor	has product meteorite (if meteoroid does not burn up)
	has average interval time one per hour from a given location on Earth, higher during meteorite shower
	can produce sonic boom
	has synonym shooting star
	has definition when a meteoroid collides with the atmosphere or surface of a celestial body, kinetic energy is converted to heat, light and sound
	has definition Fragment or particle that enters the Earth's atmosphere and is then destroyed through friction, becoming visible as this occurs as a momentary streak of light. At certain times of the year, meteors apparently emanating from a single area of the sky (a radiant) form meteor showers. They are thought to originate within the Solar System. See also meteorite.
	has definition A "shooting star" - the streak of light in the sky produced by the transit of a meteoroid through the Earth's atmosphere; also the glowing meteoroid itself. The term "fireball" is sometimes used for a meteor approaching the brightness of Venus; the term "bolide" for one approaching the brightness of the full Moon.
	is a kind of impact event
	is a kind of naked eye object
physical object	has location or center of gravity
	has angular momentum
	has mass
	has velocity
	has momentum
	has temperature
	has volume
	has extent
	has material
event	has duration
	has time of occurrence

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