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Meteors: Crash Course Astronomy #23

Welcome to school without the classroom! Join host Phil Plait and discover everything there is to know about the cosmos.

Meteors: Crash Course Astronomy #23

Season 1 Episode 23 | 11m 21s

Today Phil helps keep you from ticking off an astronomer in your life by making sure you know the difference between a meteor, meteorite, and meteoroid. When the Earth plows through the stream emitted by a comet we get a meteor shower. Meteors burn up about 100 km above the Earth, but some survive to hit the ground.

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