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Why Do Meteors Burn? When the Meteor Hits the Atmosphere, the Air in Front of It Compresses Incredibly Quickly. When a Gas Is Compressed, Its Temperature...
Why Do Meteors Burn?
When the meteor hits the atmosphere, the air in front of it compresses incredibly quickly. When a gas is compressed, its temperature rises. This causes the meteor to heat up so much that it glows. The air burns the meteor until there is nothing left.
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Why do meteors burn in the mesosphere?
The reason why meteors usually burn up in the mesosphere is because the air in the mesosphere is dense enough that the meteor’s moving through it creates a lot of heat (unlike the ionosphere), but the meteor doesn’t survive long enough to reach the even denser stratosphere, let alone the denser yet troposphere.
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