Noun
meteor -
a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode
shooting star
visible light ,
visible radiation ,
light any device serving as a source of illumination; "he stopped the car and turned off the lights"
meteor shower ,
meteor stream a transient shower of meteors when a meteor swarm enters the earth's atmosphere
meteor -
(astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere
meteoroid
estraterrestrial body ,
extraterrestrial object a natural object existing outside the earth and outside the earth's atmosphere
astronomy ,
uranology the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole
meteorite stony or metallic object that is the remains of a meteoroid that has reached the earth's surface