i heard there was someone up there with a star gun. Is it a single shot or a semi automatic?
2007-01-28 10:01:25 · 14 answers · asked by bad b 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
It depends on who's working that night. God likes to use 44 magnum. Jesus likes a more complicated semi-auto like a Desert Eagle or 1911.
2007-01-28 10:05:40 · answer #1 · answered by Jimmy 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because the bits of debris coming back into Earth's atmosphere look light stars shooting across the sky- plus its a whole lot more poetic to say than "space crud".
If were in a meteor shower, I would assume it would be like a semi-automatic, if its just a random bit of stuff, I would say single shot.
You get the best of both that way!
2007-01-28 18:10:53 · answer #2 · answered by Lisa the Pooh 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It just depends on the mood of the star gun guy. I saw a meteor shower one night, had to be a semi auto, but most times it appears to be a single shot.
2007-01-28 18:08:40 · answer #3 · answered by Mark C 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
http://www.bayerus.com/msms/fun/riddles/star.html
What is a shooting star?
A shooting star is really a meteoroid--a fragment of an asteroid or a comet, made up of iron, silicates or a mixture of both. When the asteroid or comet is shattered by an explosion in space, meteoroids are propelled through the earth's atmosphere, creating friction, which heats up the "shooting star" and gives it the glow we see.
I dont know why they are called that!
but probably a semi automatic!
2007-01-28 18:09:35 · answer #4 · answered by lucynlynsey 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Semi automatic. It's be a pain in the butt to have to reload all the time in space! That zero gravity thing always makes things like that more difficult!
2007-01-28 18:06:12 · answer #5 · answered by IWantToKnow 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That term was already employed before knowing the actual nature of the phenomena. So people called based on its appearance. In spanish, for instance, we call them, "estrellas fugaces" ("fugacious stars"). They look as stars moving fast in the night sky.
2007-01-28 18:10:35 · answer #6 · answered by Jano 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because they look like stars shooting or falling across the sky. They are not, really. They are just small bit of space debris etc burning up at high speed in the atmophere.
2007-01-28 18:05:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Single shot. Those satellites are expensive.
2007-01-28 18:03:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If I'm right they are called shooting stars because they look like their flying?
2007-01-28 18:06:02 · answer #9 · answered by Bubbles 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Um I would say single shot?
2007-01-28 18:05:57 · answer #10 · answered by bittersweet 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋