Shooting Star

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 may also refer to:
* 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
*"The Shooting Star", an adventure from the comic book series Tintin
* Tecumseh, whose Shawnee name has been translated as Shooting Star
* The Shooting Star, the name of Racer X's (Rex Racer) car.An album:
* "Shooting Star" (album), an album by the band of the same name
* "Shooting Star" (Elkie Brooks album), a 1978 album
* "Shooting Stars", an album by Dollar

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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  • Shooting star — Star Star (st[aum]r), n. [OE. sterre, AS. steorra; akin to OFries. stera, OS. sterro, D. ster, OHG. sterno, sterro, G. stern, Icel. stjarna, Sw. stjerna, Dan. stierne, Goth. sta[ i]rn[=o], Armor. & Corn. steren, L. stella, Gr. asth r, a stron,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Shooting star — Shooting Shoot ing, a. Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting. [1913 Webster] {Shooting board} (Joinery), a fixture used in planing or shooting the edge of a board, by means of which the plane is guided and the board held true.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Shooting Star — (engl. für Sternschnuppe) bezeichnet: eine Person, die plötzlich einen oder mehrere große Erfolge verzeichnet und Popularität genießt, siehe Star (Person) eine Auszeichnung für junge europäische Filmschauspieler, siehe Shooting Star… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • shooting star — shooting stars N COUNT A shooting star is a piece of rock or metal that burns very brightly when it enters the earth s atmosphere from space, and is seen from earth as a bright star travelling very fast across the sky …   English dictionary

  • shooting star — n a piece of rock or metal from space, that burns brightly as it falls towards the Earth = ↑meteor …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • shooting star — noun count a METEOR that makes a line of light as it falls through the sky …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • shooting star — ► NOUN ▪ a small, rapidly moving meteor that burns up on entering the earth s atmosphere …   English terms dictionary

  • shooting star — n. 1. METEOR (sense 1) 2. any of a genus (Dodecatheon) of North American plants of the primrose family, with clusters of flowers whose petals are turned back …   English World dictionary

  • Shooting Star — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Shooting Star (single). Shooting Star est une super héroïne créée par Marvel Comics (Sal Buscema et Bill Mantlo). Elle est apparue pour la première fois dans Incredible Hulk #265, en 1981. Origines Fille du… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Shooting Star — A type of candlestick formation that results when a security s price, at some point during the day, advances well above the opening price but closes lower than the opening price. In order for a candlestick to be considered a shooting star, the… …   Investment dictionary

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