Timeline for What is the difference between asteroids, comets and meteors?
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| Jun 12, 2023 at 2:59 | comment | added | WPWPWP | "A small asteroid ('meteoroid') that enters the Earth's atmosphere becomes a meteor, what we also call a 'shooting star'." ____________________________ But comets much more often than asteroids provide the material for meteor showers. Comet 1P/Halley is identified as the source of the Eta Aquarids and the Orionids; Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle is the source of the Perseids; and Comet Thatcher is the source of the Lyrids. I suppose that comets more often than asteroids produce meteors. | |
| S Sep 15, 2020 at 16:08 | history | suggested | Patrick | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
just switched to the correct name used for the progenitor bodies that cause meteors, i.e. meteoroids.
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| May 3, 2016 at 19:04 | comment | added | called2voyage♦ | @SarahofGaia No, as noted in the answer a "shooting star" is a meteor. | |
| Oct 26, 2015 at 17:11 | comment | added | SarahofGaia | A "shooting star" can also be a comet, right? | |
| Sep 26, 2013 at 16:56 | vote | accept | CommunityBot | moved from User.Id=96 by developer User.Id=6938 | |
| Sep 26, 2013 at 8:23 | history | answered | MBR | CC BY-SA 3.0 |