An Overview Of Meteoroids Including Meteorites, Meteors, And Tektites

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A meteoroid is a sand- to boulder-sized particle of debris in the Solar System. The visible path of a meteoroid that enter... Read more

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A meteoroid is a sand- to boulder-sized particle of debris in the Solar System. The visible path of a meteoroid that enters Earth's (or another body's) atmosphere is called a meteor, or colloquially a shooting star or falling star. If a meteoroid reaches the ground and survives impact, then it is called a meteorite. Many meteors appearing seconds or minutes apart are called a meteor shower. This book studies meteoroids including meteor showers, leonids, meteor processions, meteor burst communications, and the American Meteor Society. Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Project Webster continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge. Less