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  2. Meteorite fall - Wikipedia

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    A meteorite fall, also called an observed fall, is a meteorite collected after its fall from outer space was observed by people or automated devices. Any other meteorite is called a " find ". [ 1 ] [ 2 ] There are more than 1,300 documented falls listed in widely used databases, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] most of which have specimens in modern collections.

  3. Meteoroid - Wikipedia

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    A meteor, known colloquially as a shooting star or falling star, is the visible passage of a glowing meteoroid, micrometeoroid, comet or asteroid through Earth's atmosphere, after being heated to incandescence by collisions with air molecules in the upper atmosphere, [11] [23] [24] creating a streak of light via its rapid motion and sometimes ...

  4. Watch: Early-morning sky turns neon blue as meteor ... - AOL

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    CALGARY, Alberta – Dashcam footage caught the moment a falling meteor exploded over Calgary, Alberta, in Canada on Wednesday morning.. The celestial incident occurred about 6:30 a.m. local time ...

  5. Meteorite - Wikipedia

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    A "meteorite fall", also called an "observed fall", is a meteorite collected after its arrival was observed by people or automated devices. Any other meteorite is called a "meteorite find". [43] [44] There are more than 1,100 documented falls listed in widely used databases, [45] [46] [47] most of which have specimens in modern collections.

  6. This Rare Meteorite Contains Earth-Like Water and Could ... - AOL

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    The Winchcombe meteorite is a rare and pristine ... the fact specialists from across the world could start investigating the Winchcombe meteorite within days of its fiery fall from the sky. Less ...

  7. A November meteor shower could be spectacular. Here's ... - AOL

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    The peak of the Leonid meteor shower will shoot across the sky on the night of Nov. 17-18. ... 1966," Byrd said. "That night, Leonid meteors did, briefly, fall like rain." When is the next meteor ...

  8. Meteor shower - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Chelyabinsk meteor - Wikipedia

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    The Chelyabinsk meteor was later determined to come from the LL chondrite group. [92] The meteorites were LL5 chondrites having a shock stage of S4, and had a variable appearance between light and dark types. Petrographic changes during the fall allowed estimates that the body was heated between 65 and 135 degrees during its atmospheric entry. [93]