Sentences with word «meteor»

A meteor is a small object from space that enters the Earth's atmosphere and burns up, creating a bright streak of light in the sky. Full definition
«This study should provide a basis for searches for further evidence of the influence of meteor showers on the interaction of Mercury with its solar - system environment.»
By using this technique, we can forecast the timing of meteor showers very accurately, and we can also get an idea of how intense the shower will be.
The management decision protocol probably forces them to check off the possibility, much like I have to consider meteor strikes in my list of possible disasters.
The team theorises we'll find more interstellar debris entering our solar system along the the same steep path, akin to how comets leave behind a trail that results in meteor showers when Earth passes through it.
Likewise you might get hit by meteors followed by pirates followed by a course of parasites.
Epic Games haven't announced or hinted the concept if there will be an animation implemented into the game with this weapon, but with some pretty big theories going around with meteors hitting Fortnite Tilted Towers Epic could be bringing some big changes this week in update v. 3.5.2.
A new way to observe this deformation as it happens can help study a wide range of phenomena, from meteor impacts to high - performance ceramics used in armor, as well as how to protect spacecraft from high - speed dust impacts.
Dates and tips on how and where to see shooting stars from meteor showers all over the world.
With meteors crashing into the landscape, the latest update for the smash - hit online shooter game has an apocalyptic superhero feel
Finally, his ultimate is known as Meteor Strike.
While the MX - 5 RF carries over most features from soft top models, there are a few additions for 2017 such as a 4.6 - inch full - color TFT gauge and the availability of Machine Gray Metallic paint in substitution of Meteor Gray Mica that is available on the soft top.
He was the first scientist to suggest seriously that microorganisms could have traveled from one planet to another on meteors in the early days of the solar system.
For the rest of April, you'll have a good chance of seeing some shooting stars as the Lyrid meteor shower comes through this...
We are releasing this week a PlayStation 3 demo of Ethan: Meteor Hunter for everybody to taste the challenge.
You may not realize it, but some of the best days of the year for meteor showers (and shooting stars) are July 28 to 30.
When meteors explode on entering our atmosphere, they form hailstorms.
IUVS spectrum showing traces of magnesium and iron (red line) in the Martian atmosphere after meteor shower (Image NASA / Univ.
Image of a Perseid meteor courtesy of madmilked via Flickr
This website about the Leonid meteor storms from NASA has a lot of good related information, but is alas updated only to about 2004.
Most light from meteors comes from spectral lines emitted by the elements they contain, so the impacts may be easiest to see though filters which isolate those lines.
Sometimes it is as simple as being in the wrong place at the wrong time (where a large meteor impacts for example).
More recently, players will have seen actual meteors falling from the sky.
There is a massive meteor crater in Parys in the South African Highveld mining belt that is reportedly one of the biggest in the world.
It does 11 % and meteor smashes opponents hit with the second slap, which can however be difficult to connect.
Five years ago, the 10,000 - ton, 56 - foot Chelyabinsk meteor exploded over Russia with the force of 30 atomic bombs.
In 1982, American observers did see an outburst of nearly 100 Lyrid meteors per hour.
SCRAPS of iron found scattered around what became known as Meteor Crater in Arizona convinced geologist Daniel Barringer that a huge iron meteorite lay buried there.
Get away from city glow and you will see meteors streaking across the heavens all night long.
The ASUS ZenFone 5 / Zenfone 5Z (Price starts at $ 479) comes in Meteor Silver and Midnight Blue colors and will start rolling out in April 2018 and June 2018 respectively.
Two of these include meteor landing sites and abandoned caravans, which players will be alerted to when they spawn.
Can you imagine not knowing about meteor showers in the past and thinking it's a God being angry.
There is still the possibility that the purple meteor which hit Wakanda could have an orange stone in the centre of it, after all, the Mind stone appeared blue in The Avengers but cracked open to reveal a yellow gem in Age of Ultron.
For the exteriors, you can choose from the standard Black or White, or if you want something different you can select from other optional shades like Meteor Grey Metallic, Basalt Black Metallic, Carrara White Metallic and Mahogany Metallic.
During battles, if you manage to gather all the tablets, you will be able to launch a powerful Team Meteor attack.
Upon impact, the Gigantic Meteor causes a huge explosion so even when an opponent is at a distance, there is a decent chance of getting caught up in the blast.
Dinosaurs used to live the good life, superior to the small mammals who also inhabited the planet, until one day a gigantic meteor struck the planet, destroying the dinosaurs.
It can develop a «parasitic» atmosphere by grabbing some of Pluto's as it escapes; cryovolcanism can cause eruptions that create one; or giant meteor impacts can create one.
This shower of meteors appears to originate from a single point, called a «radiant», in the constellation of Perseus, hence the name.
But the authors of this new piece think they've come up with the explanation, and that they've gone over this area and they've reconstructed a scenario in which it could have been the case that some sort of small meteor did come to ground and what may help make the determination here, is that they think they've identified what may be a crater after all.
No such annual meteor shower was ever reported.
Smaller meteor crash sites are also scattered throughout the map, but the big one only affected Dusty Depot.
This is an amazing game (and synthwave showcase platform) made by Christopher Molini, Meteor also was featured in the game trailer.
The Chelyabinsk meteor registered as a magnitude - 4.2 event when it streaked over Russia on Feb. 15, 2013, according to the USGS.
Observations of the Martian atmosphere are designed to check for possible meteor trails, changes in distribution of neutral and charged particles, and effects of the comet on air temperature and clouds.
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