Question

1. Why do meteorites usually disintegrate rather than fall to Earth?

2. Why is "shooting star" an inaccurate name for a meteor?

3. Think of a more accurate name for a meteor.

Answer 1

1. They burn up in the atmosphere. The temperature of objects falling through the atmosphere can reach over 3000-4000 degrees farenheight.
2. A shooting star is just another name for a meteor (a chunk of space rock) boiling hot as it travels through the Earths atmosphere.

3. Sorry couldn’t come up with one

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Answer 2

For the unanswered number three, outer-space projectile?