Shooting Star

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode

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Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

4 surface forms

synonym: meteor
plural: Shooting Stars
possessive: Shooting Star's
pluralpossessive: Shooting Stars'

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