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Meteors

LC control no.sh 85084363
LC classificationQB740 QB753
Topical headingMeteors
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Variant(s)Astronomical meteors
Falling stars
Fireballs (Meteors)
Shooting stars (Meteors)
Stars, Falling
Stars, Shooting
See alsoSolar system
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Found inHammond Barnhart dict. of science (meteor: commonly called falling star or shooting star; fireball, a large brilliant meteor, also luminous cloud of hot gas produced by a nuclear explosion)
Am. heritage dict. (shooting star: meteor; perennial herbs of the genus Dodecatheon)