What exactly are shooting stars? – Electromagnetic Zone

Question: What exactly are shooting stars?
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Asked by anon-226048 to joannabarstow on 18 Nov 2019.
- Joanna Barstow answered on 18 Nov 2019:
  
  Shooting stars are meteorites – chunks of rock that enter Earth’s atmosphere at high speed and burn up due to the friction of the atmosphere.

Question: What exactly are shooting stars?