meteor
visible streak of light from a meteoroid that enters the Earth's atmosphere
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Summary
meteor is a meteor shower[1]. meteor ranks in the top 3% of meteor shower entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,476 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: astronomical phenomenon[3], atmospheric phenomenon[4]
- Part of: meteor shower[5]
- Commons category: Meteors[6]
- Unicode character: 🌠[7]
- Has cause: meteoroid[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Meteors[9]
- Commons gallery: Meteor[10]
- Described by source: Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[11], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[14], Meteor[15], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16], The New Student's Reference Work[17], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[18]
- Different from: list of meteorological phenomena[19], Meteora[20], meteor[21]
- P14541: 1t8QV8[22]
Why It Matters
meteor has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] meteor is known by 79 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]