Shooting star facts for kids

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