Ursula Marvin
Credit: Charles Hanson
Occupation: Planetary Geologist
Year born: 1921
Research Areas: Meteorites, Moon Rocks
Meteors
Credit: Charles Hanson
Fiammetta Wilson
Credit: care of Royal Astronomical Society
Occupation: Astronomer and Musician
Year born: 1864
Research Areas: Meteors
Consequences of NEO Impact
Credit: NASA/Bern Oberbeck/Dr. Kevin Azhnle
NEO Impacts
Peninsula showing a subtle indication of the Chicxulub
impact crater.
Credit: NASA/JPL
Near Earth Objects
Meteor Showers
Credit: David Kingham
Meteors, sometimes called shooting stars, are not stars at all, but small rocks burning up as they fall through Earth's atmosphere. Their super fast speed through the air causes them to burn up as they fall.