Shooting Stars
Disney writers and most other people do not realize that when they see a shootingstar and wish on it, they actually silently speak to a chunk of ice, dirt or space waste entering the Earth’s atmosphere. Meteors, the scientific term for shooting stars, occur more frequently several times during the year. On any clear night, a person might observe an average of about three meteors per hour. At certain times of the year, however, the Earth passes through the debris left behind from a comet. These trails consist of many fragments broken off of asteroids, space crafts, and even planets. Three important subjects of meteors include their composition, journey, and history. Contrary to what some people grow up thinking, a shooting star is not a star at all. Composed of many different materials, meteors flake off of asteroids and are sometimes pieces of planets that meteorites deeply impacted, sending little pie
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Approximate Word count = 704
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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