what are 5 cool facts about metiors?

Answer 1

They are older than any non meteoric rock on earth.

Answer 2

Here are 12 cool facts about meteors cuz you asked nicely:

1. To be visible, a meteor must be within about 120 miles (200 km) of an observer.

2. Meteors become visible at an average height of 55 miles (90 km). Nearly all burn up before they reach an altitude of 50 miles (80 km).

3. No known meteorite has been associated with a meteor shower. (That is, no shower meteor has ever survived its flight through the atmosphere and been recovered.)

4. The typical bright meteor is produced by a particle with a mass less than 1 gram and a size no larger than a pea.

5. The total mass of meteoritic material entering Earth's atmosphere is estimated to be 100-1,000 tons (91,000-910,000 kilograms) per day. Most of this is called "micrometeorites."

6. A "non-shower" night produces approximately 6 meteors per hour.

7. A meteoroid enters the atmosphere at velocities between 21,000-165,000 miles per hour (39,000-266,000 km/h).

8. The first documented meteorite was a stone that fell near Ensisheim, Alsace, France, in 1492.

9. Meteorites were accepted as extraterrestrial in origin in 1803.

10. The surface of a meteorite can be heated to several thousand degrees during entry.

11. About 500 meteorites fall to Earth each year. Because approximately 30 percent of Earth's surface is land, about 150 meteorites should be accessible for recovery. In fact, only about 10-20 are actually recovered per year.

12. One of the Martian meteorites, known as ALH84001, was believed to show evidence of early life on Mars.

Answer 3

They can go through different stages- meteors, meteorites, and meteoroids.
They orbit the sun.
They burn up as they enter Earth's atmosphere (sometimes not completely).
Scientists think that they originally came from asteroids.
They are similar to asteroids, only smaller.