The Composition of Shooting/Falling Stars and Meteor Showers, the Speed Meteors Enter the Earth’s Atmosphere and the Reason Meteors Radiate Light, the Most Common Sized Meteor to Enter the Earth’s Atmosphere, the Time Required for Most Meteors to Become Ablated (Burn Up) Within the Earth’s Atmosphere, and the Concept of a “Bolide” (Fast/Racing Vehicle)

Shooting stars, falling stars, and meteor showers are pinpoints of light which streak across the night sky, which are tiny bits of rocks which hurtled towards Earth from outer space. Meteors enter the atmosphere at speeds of up to 71 kilometers per second and glow because of the friction they encounter with air molecules which in turn heats them up to produce incandescent luminescence. Most often meteors are smaller than a grain of rice. Meteors most often burn up within 1 - 2 seconds when their...

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