A meteor or "shooting star" is the visible streak of light from a heated and glowing object falling through the Earth's atmosphere. A meteoroid is a small rocky or metallic body travelling through outer space. A meteorite is a rock that has fallen from space to the Earth's surface.

Meteor may also refer to:

Astronomy and space exploration Meteor (rocket), a Polish meteorology rocket (1963–1974) Meteor (satellite), three series of weather satellites of the Soviet Union, starting in 1969 Meteor, a spacecraft recovery system being developed by the student-run Cambridge University society CU Spaceflight

Geography Meteor, Wisconsin, a town in the United States Meteor (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community, United States Meteor Crater, Arizona, United States Great Meteor Seamount, Portugal

Science and technology Meteor (weather), any weather phenomenon, as studied in meteorology Meteor (web framework), an open-source JavaScript web application development platform METeOR, an Australian information repository Meteor goldfish, a variety of goldfish having no tail fin METEOR (Metric for Evaluation of Translation with Explicit ORdering), a metric for the evaluation of machine translation output

Business Meteor (mobile network), a defunct mobile phone operator in Ireland Meteor Vineyard, a vineyard in Napa Valley

Transport Météor, a codename for the Paris Metro Line 14 Meteor (automobile), a brand of car from Ford Motor Company of Canada (1949–1976) Ford Meteor, a car model, available 1981–1995 Mercury Meteor, a car in North America, 1961–1963 Mormon Meteor, a 1930s racing car Volkswagen Meteor, a modified version of the MAN TGX made by Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus Meteor (St. Louis-San Francisco Railway), a named passenger train Silver Meteor, an Amtrak train service Meteor, a South Devon Railway Comet class 4-4-0ST steam locomotive List of ships named Meteor , several U.S. Navy ships , several ships of the Royal Navy , several ships of the Imperial German Navy Meteor (hydrofoil), a series of hydrofoil ships of the USSR

Arts and entertainment Meteor Music Awards, Ireland's national music awards, also known as "The Meteors" Meteor (film), a 1979 science-fiction film Meteor (miniseries), a 2009 disaster-science fiction two-part TV mini-series starring Billy Campbell and Marla Sokoloff Meteor Records, an American record label The Meteors, English psychobilly band formed in 1980 "Meteor" (Pink Lady song), 2019 "Meteor", song by Changmo Kamen Rider Meteor, a fictional character in the Japanese television series Kamen Rider Fourze Meteor, a powerful magic spell in the video game Final Fantasy VII Meteors, a video game developed by Amusement World, notable for its recognition in Atari, Inc. v. Amusement World, Inc. Meteor, a 1929 play by S. N. Behrman Meteor, a science fiction short story by John Wyndham in the collection The Seeds of Time Meteor (horse), a racing horse

Weaponry The Meteor hammer, a Chinese martial arts weapon or dance prop Gloster Meteor, the first British jet fighter and the Allies' first operational jet (1943–1970s) Rolls-Royce Meteor, a tank engine version of the Rolls-Royce Merlin MBDA Meteor, a next-generation beyond visual range air-to-air missile BSA Meteor Air Rifle, a Birmingham Small Arms Company-manufactured air rifle

Other uses

The Meteor, internal newspaper of Bryce Hospital in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S.

See also Meteorite (disambiguation) Meteorology, the interdisciplinary scientific study of the atmosphere Meteora (disambiguation)