how do you know its a meteor and not a plane?!?

Question

i saw a light thing go by kind of qucik but my brother swears it had a red light? so how do i know it wasnt a meteor!?

Answer 1

meteors travel MUCH MUCH faster than an airplane.

you'll know the differance when you see it.

meteors also have a long trail glowing behind them (seems like about 2 inches to the eyes)

like I said. if you saw one, you'd know it.

I'd say the meteor would pass within a 1/5th of a second.
they travel 35 miles per SECONDS
planes travel 0.1 miles per second

Answer 2

Meteors move a hundred times faster than any plane, and don't make any sound. A meteor is gone in a second or two; a plane is visible for 4 or 5 minutes.

Answer 3

A meteor moves many, many times faster than a plane. It will cross the entire sky in just a few seconds. No plane can do that.

Also, meteors don't have flashing lights.

Also also, you brother's a numskull. There, I said it.

Answer 4

You can see a plane for a long time. If it's a meteor, it will rapidly flash by, have a tail usually, and if you aren't paying attention, it would likely pass you by.

Answer 5

Speed of motion, and duration of the sight. A meteor image lasts only a second or so.

Answer 6

if it was a plain it would go by really quick, and there would be flashing lights. I bet u saw a meteor!

Answer 7

planes dont zoom across the sky...they sort of glide through the sky with a lot of lights blinking every where