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What are meteors? Why are meteors commonly called shooting stars?

What are meteors? Why are meteors commonly called shooting stars?

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Pawan Prajapati
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2 years ago
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Yash Patari
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2 years ago
Meteor are small pieces of rocks when they are passed through the earth's atmosphere they get burned due to large amounts of heat generated by the friction provided by air particles and dust particles and it appears as a beam of light. This beam of light is called a meteor or shooting stars.

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