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A
meteor or "shooting star" is the visible streak of light from a heated and glowing object falling through the Earth's atmosphere.
A
meteoroid is a small rocky or metallic body travelling through outer space.
A
meteorite is a rock that has fallen from space to the Earth's surface.
Meteor may also refer to:
Astronomy and space exploration
Meteor (rocket) , a Polish meteorology rocket (1963–1974)
Meteor (satellite) , three series of weather satellites of the Soviet Union, starting in 1969
Meteor, a spacecraft recovery system being developed by the student-run Cambridge University society
CU Spaceflight
Geography
Science and technology
Meteor (weather) , any weather phenomenon, as studied in meteorology
Meteor (web framework) , an open-source JavaScript web application development platform
METeOR , an Australian information repository
Meteor goldfish , a variety of goldfish having no tail fin
METEOR (Metric for Evaluation of Translation with Explicit ORdering), a metric for the evaluation of machine translation output
Business
Transport
Météor, a codename for the
Paris Métro Line 14
Meteor (automobile) , a brand of car from Ford Motor Company of Canada (1949–1976)
Ford Meteor , a car model, available 1981–1995
Mercury Meteor , a car in North America, 1961–1963
Mormon Meteor , a 1930s racing car
Volkswagen Meteor , a modified version of the MAN TGX made by Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus
Meteor (St. Louis-San Francisco Railway) , a named passenger train
Silver Meteor , an Amtrak train service
Meteor , a
South Devon Railway Comet class 4-4-0ST steam locomotive
List of ships named Meteor
Arts and entertainment
Meteor Music Awards , Ireland's national music awards, also known as "The Meteors"
Meteor (film) , a 1979 science-fiction film
Meteor (miniseries) , a 2009 disaster-science fiction two-part TV mini-series starring Billy Campbell and Marla Sokoloff
Meteor Records , an American record label
The Meteors , English psychobilly band formed in 1980
"Meteor" (Pink Lady song) , 2019
"Meteor", song by
Changmo
Kamen Rider Meteor , a fictional character in the Japanese television series Kamen Rider Fourze
Meteor, a powerful magic spell in the video game
Final Fantasy VII
Meteors , a video game developed by Amusement World, notable for its recognition in
Atari, Inc. v. Amusement World, Inc.
Meteor , a 1929 play by
S. N. Behrman
Meteor , a science fiction short story by John Wyndham in the collection
The Seeds of Time
Meteor (horse) , a racing horse
Meteor (juggling) , a juggling prop
Weaponry
See also
Topics referred to by the same term