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meteor event
subject			fact

meteor event	has definition The event in a sequence of the events during the passage of a meteor. They are in order : incandescent flight fireball smoke trail meteoroid break up retardation point dark flight meteorite impact
	is a kind of impact event
impact event	can produce a crater
event	has duration
	has synonym world point
	has time of occurrence

Kinds of meteor event :

• dark flight (4 facts) - phase in the flight of a meteor after the ratardation point when the meteoroid is no longer incandescent
• fireball
• incandescent flight (4 facts) - phase in the flight of a meteor before the ratardation point when the meteoroid is producing its own incandescent light
• meteorite impact (3 facts)
• meteoroid break up
• retardation point (6 facts) - the point in the flight of a meteoroid through the atmosphere where it loses its cosmic velocity and falls freely due to gravity
• smoke trail (7 facts) - condensation of vaporized rock removed from the surface of a meteoroid by ablation