9781422283684

Int roduct ion N

early every time you go stargazing, you will see little streaks of light in the sky. It looks as if some of the stars are shooting

off to another part of the heavens, or falling toward the ground. That is why people call these streaks shooting stars or falling stars. But their proper name is meteors . Meteors are specks of matter from space burning up as they pass through the atmosphere .

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