Pronunciation of the English word meteor.
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1. | When the Earth passes through an orbiting stream of debris from a comet that has broken up, what's known as a meteor shower occurs. Meteor showers take place on about the same dates each year. | |
2. | A meteor exploded in Russia, yet since then no governments have started to take the threat of meteor strikes seriously. | |
3. | A meteor exploded over Russia, yet no one cares enough to provide funding for meteor deflection technology. | |
4. | The Perseid meteor shower is often considered to be one of the best meteor showers of the year due to its high rates and pleasant late-summer temperatures. | |
5. | The Perseid meteor shower is often considered to be one of the best meteor showers of the year due to its high rates and pleasant late-summer temperatures. This year’s shower peak, however, has the added bonus of dark skies courtesy of an early-setting crescent Moon. Combine these ideal observing conditions and high rates (an average of 60 meteors per hour at the peak) with the fact that the best nights for viewing – August 11 to 12 and August 12 to 13 – occur on a weekend and you have a recipe for successfully viewing some celestial fireworks! | |
6. | The Perseid meteor shower is often considered to be one of the best meteor showers of the year. | |
7. | A burning meteoroid produces a meteor. | |
8. | It's only a matter of time before the meteor strikes. | |
9. | One theory held that a meteor killed the age of dinosaurs. | |
10. | Tom watched the meteor shower. |