Meteor (disambiguation)
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A meteor, commonly called a shooting star
and falling star
, is the visible trace of a meteoroid
as it enters the atmosphere. If it survives impact with the Earth's surface, then it is called a meteorite
.
Meteorology
, the study of weather, is cognate
. Both words derive from the Greek μετέωρος, meteōros, which means "high in the air".
In geography
In the sciences
In business
In space exploration
In transport
In entertainment
In weaponry
Shooting Star
Shooting star is a common name for the visible path of a meteoroid as it enters the atmosphere to become a meteor.Shooting star may also refer to:* Shooting Star Children's Hospice, a UK children's charity* The Shooting Star, a 1942 Tintin adventure...
and falling star
Falling star
Falling star or shooting star is the common name for the visible path of a meteoroid as it enters the atmosphere to become a meteor. If a falling star survives impact with the Earth's surface, then it is called a meteorite.It may also refer to:...
, is the visible trace of a meteoroid
Meteoroid
A meteoroid is a sand- to boulder-sized particle of debris in the Solar System. The visible path of a meteoroid that enters Earth's atmosphere is called a meteor, or colloquially a shooting star or falling star. If a meteoroid reaches the ground and survives impact, then it is called a meteorite...
as it enters the atmosphere. If it survives impact with the Earth's surface, then it is called a meteorite
Meteorite
A meteorite is a natural object originating in outer space that survives impact with the Earth's surface. Meteorites can be big or small. Most meteorites derive from small astronomical objects called meteoroids, but they are also sometimes produced by impacts of asteroids...
.
Meteorology
Meteorology
Meteorology is the interdisciplinary scientific study of the atmosphere. Studies in the field stretch back millennia, though significant progress in meteorology did not occur until the 18th century. The 19th century saw breakthroughs occur after observing networks developed across several countries...
, the study of weather, is cognate
Cognate
In linguistics, cognates are words that have a common etymological origin. This learned term derives from the Latin cognatus . Cognates within the same language are called doublets. Strictly speaking, loanwords from another language are usually not meant by the term, e.g...
. Both words derive from the Greek μετέωρος, meteōros, which means "high in the air".
In geography
- Meteor, WisconsinMeteor, WisconsinMeteor is a town in Sawyer County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 170 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 35.2 square miles , of which, 34.4 square miles of it is land and 0.8 square miles of it is...
- Meteor CraterMeteor CraterMeteor Crater is a meteorite impact crater located approximately east of Flagstaff, near Winslow in the northern Arizona desert of the United States. Because the US Department of the Interior Division of Names commonly recognizes names of natural features derived from the nearest post office, the...
, Arizona
In the sciences
- METeORMETeORMETeOR , Australia’s repository for national metadata standards for health, housing and community services statistics and information. METeOR is a Metadata registry based on the 2003 version of the ISO/IEC 11179 Information technology - Metadata registries standard...
, an Australian information repository - Meteor goldfishMeteor goldfishThe Meteor goldfish is a strange-looking variety that has been developed by specialist breeders of fancy goldfish. It has no tail fin, hence its name.The meteor goldfish may simply be a rumor....
, a rare variety of goldfish - Hydrometeor, a term which refers to any phenomenon water-vapor related which exists within the Earth's atmosphere due to condensation, precipitation, or being blown into the atmosphere by the wind
- Meteoric waterMeteoric waterMeteoric water is a hydrologic term of long standing for water in the ground which originates from precipitation. This includes water from lakes, rivers, and icemelts, which all originate from precipitation indirectly.- Overview :...
, water in the ground which originates from precipitation - METEORMETEORMETEOR is a metric for the evaluation of machine translation output. The metric is based on the harmonic mean of unigram precision and recall, with recall weighted higher than precision...
(Metric for Evaluation of Translation with Explicit ORdering), a metric for the evaluation of machine translation output
In business
- Meteor (mobile network), Ireland's third mobile phone operator who trade solely as Meteor
- Meteor Vineyard, a vineyard in Napa Valley
In space exploration
- Meteor (rocket)Meteor (rocket)Meteor is a designation of a series of Polish sounding rockets.The Meteor rockets were built between 1963 and 1974.The Meteor 1 and Meteor 2H were single-stage rockets. The Meteor 2K was a two-stage rocket. The Meteor 3 was a two-stage rocket, compound from two Meteor 1 rockets.Meteor rockets...
, a Polish meteorology rocket (1963–1974) - Meteor (satellite)Meteor (satellite)The Meteor craft are weather observation satellites launched by the USSR. The Meteor satellites were designed to monitor atmospheric and sea-surface temperatures, humidity, radiation, sea ice conditions, snow-cover, and clouds.-Meteor 2-21:...
, three series of weather satellites of the Soviet Union, starting in 1969 - METEOR (satellite), a NASANASAThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
microgravity satellite which failed to reach orbit after its launch in 1995 - CU Spaceflight#Meteor, a spacecraft recovery system being developed
In transport
- Météor, a codename for the Paris Métro Line 14Paris Metro Line 14Line 14 of the Paris Métro system connects the stations Saint Lazare and Olympiades on a north-west south-east diagonal across the centre of Paris. It is the twelfth busiest of sixteen lines on the network, and as of 2011, the only one to be operated completely automatically; the second such line...
- Meteor (automobile), a brand of car from Ford Motor Company of Canada (1949–1976)
- Ford MeteorFord MeteorIntroduced in 1981, Ford Meteor was the name given to the sedan version of the Ford Laser, based on the Mazda Familia in markets including Australia and South Africa. Following much the same strategy in Europe was the Ford Orion, a four-door saloon which had Escort mechanicals...
, a car model, available 1981–1995 - Mercury MeteorMercury MeteorThe Mercury Meteor was an automobile model produced by the Lincoln Mercury division of the Ford Motor Company from 1961 to 1963. For 1961, the name was applied to low-end full-sized vehicles; for 1962 and 1963, the name was applied to Mercury's mid-sized sedans, in a marketing attempt to appeal to...
, a car in North America, 1961–1963 - Meteor (St. Louis-San Francisco Railway)Meteor (St. Louis-San Francisco Railway)The Meteor was a named passenger train operated by the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway . It ran overnight between Oklahoma City and St. Louis via Tulsa. The name was shared with a branch line Meteor running between Monett, Missouri, and Paris, Texas. Later this line was truncated to terminate at...
, a named passenger train - Silver MeteorSilver MeteorThe Silver Meteor is a 1389-mile passenger train route operated by Amtrak in the Silver Service brand, running from New York City, New York, south to Miami, Florida, via the Northeast Corridor to Washington, D.C., thence via Richmond, Virginia; Fayetteville, North Carolina; North Charleston, South...
, an Amtrak train service - Meteor, a South Devon Railway Comet classSouth Devon Railway Comet classThe Comet class were 12 4-4-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway and associated railways. They were designed for passenger trains on this steep and sharply curved line but were also used on goods trains when required....
4-4-0ST steam locomotive - The name of three German research vessels: Meteor (1915)Meteor (1915)The Meteor was a German survey vessel, that became famous for her survey work in the Atlantic Ocean between 1925 and 1927.- Design and Construction :...
, RV Meteor (1964) and RV Meteor (1986) - Meteor, German emperor Wilhelm II's yacht, the former ThistleThistle (yacht)Thistle was the unsuccessful Scottish challenger of the seventh America's Cup in 1887 against American defender Volunteer.-Design:The cutter Thistle was designed by George Lennox Watson, with interiors by his brother Thomas Lennox Watson, and built at the D&W Henderson shipyard in Partick on the...
, which was sold in 1895 to the German Navy to be used as a school yacht and renamed Comet, any of several steamships named Meteor, any of several U.S. Navy ships, any of several ships of the Royal Navy - Meteor, motor ship, type of hydrofoil ships of Russia
In entertainment
- Meteor Music AwardsMeteor Music AwardsThe Meteor Ireland Music Awards are a group of music awards in Ireland...
, Ireland's national music awards, also known as "The Meteors" - Meteor (film)Meteor (film)Meteor is a 1979 science fiction Technicolor disaster film in which scientists detect an asteroid on a collision course with Earth and struggle with international, cold war politics in their efforts to prevent disaster. The movie starred Sean Connery and Natalie Wood.It was directed by Ronald Neame...
a 1979 science-fiction film - Meteor (TV miniseries)Meteor (TV miniseries)Meteor is a 2009 disaster television miniseries about the asteroid 114 Kassandra on a collision course with the Earth. The surrounding meteorites crash into various locations worldwide, including the small town of Taft, California, with little success in their elimination by the military.The first...
, a 2009 disaster/science fiction two-part TV mini-series starring Billy Campbell & Marla Sokoloff - The Meteor Man (film)The Meteor Man (film)The Meteor Man is a 1993 superhero film written, directed, and starring Robert Townsend, and featuring an ensemble cast. Townsend stars as a mild-mannered schoolteacher, who becomes a superhero after his neighborhood in Washington, D.C. is terrorized by street gangs.Although the film is set in...
, a 1993 superhero movie - Meteor RecordsMeteor RecordsMeteor Records was a record label started by the Bihari brothers, owners of Modern Records in Los Angeles, in 1952 in Memphis. The label, to be run by Lester Bihari, was a bold experiment to broaden the talent base by focusing on signing and recording Southern regional talent by having recording...
, a record label - The MeteorsThe MeteorsThe Meteors are an English psychobilly band formed in 1980. Originally from London, England, they are often credited with giving the psychobilly subgenre—which fuses punk rock with rockabilly—its distinctive sound and style...
, a psychobilly band - Meteor, a level in the video game Star Fox
- Meteor, a very powerful magic spell was a major plot device in the video game Final Fantasy VIIFinal Fantasy VIIis a role-playing video game developed by Square and published by Sony Computer Entertainment as the seventh installment in the Final Fantasy series. It was originally released in 1997 for the Sony PlayStation and was re-released in 1998 for Microsoft Windows-based personal computers and in 2009...
- Meteor, a 1929 play by S. N. BehrmanS. N. BehrmanSamuel Nathaniel Behrman was an American playwright and screenwriter, who also worked for the New York Times.-Early Years:...
- METEOR (Gundam), a fictional weapon system from the anime Gundam metaseries
- Meteor, the German languageGerman languageGerman is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
edition of the 2001 Dan BrownDan BrownDan Brown is an American author of thriller fiction, best known for the 2003 bestselling novel, The Da Vinci Code. Brown's novels, which are treasure hunts set in a 24-hour time period, feature the recurring themes of cryptography, keys, symbols, codes, and conspiracy theories...
novel, Deception PointDeception PointDeception Point is a 2001 techno-thriller novel by Dan Brown. The plot concerns a meteorite found within the Arctic Circle that may provide proof of extraterrestrial life, and attempts by dark forces to prevent this finding from becoming public.-Plot:...
In weaponry
- The Meteor hammerMeteor hammerThe meteor hammer , often referred to simply as meteor, is an ancient Chinese weapon, consisting at its most basic level of two weights connected by a rope or chain. One of the flexible or 'soft' weapons, it is referred to by many different names worldwide, dependent upon region, construction and...
, a Chinese martial arts weapon or dance prop - Gloster MeteorGloster MeteorThe Gloster Meteor was the first British jet fighter and the Allies' first operational jet. It first flew in 1943 and commenced operations on 27 July 1944 with 616 Squadron of the Royal Air Force...
, the first British jet fighter and the Allies' first operational jet (1943–1970s) - Rolls-Royce MeteorRolls-Royce MeteorThe Rolls-Royce Meteor was a British tank engine of the Second World War.It was developed from the Rolls-Royce Merlin aero-engine by W. A. Robotham and his chassis design and development division at Belper, as they were not involved in aero-engine work...
, a tank engine version of the Rolls-Royce Merlin - MBDA MeteorMBDA MeteorMeteor is an active radar guided beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile being developed by MBDA. It is to equip the Eurofighter Typhoons of the UK's Royal Air Force , Germany's Luftwaffe, Spain's Ejército del Aire and Italy's Aeronautica Militare Italiana, the British and Italian F-35s , the...
, a next generation beyond visual range air-to-air missile - BSA Meteor Air RifleBSA Meteor Air RifleThe BSA Meteor is a Break Barrel spring powered Air Rifle made in Birmingham UK by Birmingham Small Arms Company and first produced in 1959. It was the 1st air rifle to have the ability to fit a telescopic sight. and remains one of the worlds best selling air powered weapons with over 2 million...
, a Birmingham Small Arms Company-manufactured air rifle