Meteors - A meteor, sometimes called a "shooting star," can be the brightest object in the night sky, yet meteoroids are the smallest bodies in the solar system that can be observed by eye. Wandering through space, perhaps as debris left behind by a comet, meteoroids enter the earth's atmosphere, are heated by friction, and for a few seconds streak across the sky as a meteor with a glowing trail. International Meteor Organization (IMO) Meteor Showers   from Gary W. Kronk Spaceweather.com: Meteor Updates Meteors, Meteorites and Impacts Radio Observations of Meteors Interactive Star Atlas     Object Catalogues: Radiants of Meteor Showers     Object Catalogues: Periodic Comets                     The Leonid meteor storm of 1833 Meteorites in Iowa's History     © Copyright 2008 - Samuel J. Wormley   by swormley1@mchsi.com