Shooting star

A shooting star is the common name for the visible path of a meteoroid as it enters the atmosphere. A shooting star is also broken pieces of meteors that have become broken off in space.

Shooting star could also mean:

Shooting Star (band), a rock band from Kansas City, MO
Shooting Star (comics), a character from Marvel Comics
P-80 Shooting Star, a United States Army Air Forces jet fighter
T-33 Shooting Star, an American-built jet trainer
Shooting Star Children's Hospice, a UK children's charity

An album:

Shooting Star (album), an album by the band of the same name
Shooting Star (Elkie Brooks album), a 1978 album
The Shooting Star, an adventure from the comic book series Tintin

Shooting star may also be:

Dodecatheon, a genus of herbaceous flowering plants
A professional wrestling aerial technique
An award for young European actors at the Berlin International Film Festival

See also:

"Shooting Star" (song)
Shooting Stars FC, a Nigerian football club
Shooting Stars, a British comedy television show
Shooting Stars (Singapore television series)
"Shooting Stars" a poem by Carol Ann Duffy concerning the holocaust

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