2006-10-10 11:09:26 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Meteors go around 125,000-150,000 miles per hour. They move very fast realtive to anything else in the Galaxy, besides light of course.
This is the reason why we do not seem them for very long if one passes near enough to earth, if they were only moving say 17,000 miles per hour they would stick around much longer and the earth would probably move out of orbit far enough so we could not see them before they left our solar system.
2006-10-10 11:24:20 · answer #1 · answered by DGawf 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Once they get close to a planetary body, they start to speed up. When they enter the atmosphere, they slow down.
The space shuttle will orbit the earth at 17,000 miles an hour - that's pretty fast, isn't it? So I would guess, that a meteor could also move about the same speed.
2006-10-10 11:11:41 · answer #2 · answered by Fun and Games 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋