What is a meteor?
A) a glowing trail of hot gas and debris heated by friction as an object moves through the atmosphere
B) a space rock that survives its fall through Earth's atmosphere and reaches the ground
C) the object that causes a "shooting star," but before it passes through the atmosphere
D) any one of the large rocky bodies that orbit the Sun, primarily between Jupiter and Saturn
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A) a glowing trail
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A) a glowing trail
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