Solar System Exploration: Solar System 101: Homework Helper

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Space Rocks
Little chunks of rock and debris in space are called meteoroids. They become meteors -- or shooting stars -- when they fall through a planet's atmosphere; leaving a bright trail as they are heated to incandescence by the friction of the atmosphere. Pieces that survive the journey and hit the ground are called meteorites.

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Date	Title	Source
25 Apr 2013	NASA Probe Observes Meteors Colliding With Saturn's Rings	NASA/JPL
21 Mar 2013	Additional Details on the Large Feb. 15 Fireball over Russia	NASA/JPL
15 Feb 2013	NASA Experts Discuss Russia Meteor in Media Teleconference Today	NASA/JPL/MSFC
3 Jan 2013	Researchers Identify Water Rich Meteorite Linked To Mars Crust	NASA
2 Jan 2013	Quadrantids Create Year's First Meteor Shower	NASA/MSFC
8 Aug 2011	NASA Chat: Stay 'Up All Night' to Watch the Perseids!	NASA
23 May 2011	NASA Sky Cameras Capture Man-Sized Meteor Over Macon, Ga.	NASA/MSFC
15 Dec 2010	NASA Discovers Asteroid Delivered Assortment of Meteorites	NASA
5 Aug 2010	Planets Align for the Perseid Meteor Shower	Science@NASA
31 Mar 2009	Meteorite Treasure Hunt	NASA/JPL
25 Mar 2009	Tracking Meteoroids	Carnegie Institution
25 Mar 2009	Tracking an Impact	Sandia National Laboratories
31 Oct 2008	Magnetic Fields Record the Early Histories of Planets	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
7 Oct 2008	Impact of Asteroid 2008 TC3 Confirmed	NASA/JPL
6 Oct 2008	Boulder-sized Asteroid Will Burn Up in Earth's Atmosphere Tonight	NASA/JPL
9 Sep 2008	Solar Shift	Astrobiology Magazine
2 Sep 2008	Amateur Astronomers See Perseids Hit the Moon	Science@NASA
13 Aug 2008	Metorite-asteroid Puzzle Solution	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
22 Jul 2008	The 2008 Perseid Meteor Shower	Science@NASA
11 Jul 2007	Great Perseids	Science@NASA
10 Jan 2007	Rough Road Results in British Columbia Meteorite Find	University of Calgary
27 Sep 2005	Meteorites Offer Clues About Early Earth	Purdue University
26 Aug 2005	Ancient Solar System Research	Victoria University of Wellington
19 Oct 2004	'Light' Meteor Shower	Science@NASA
5 Oct 2004	Two Asteroids Named After Mars Rovers	NEO

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Date	Title	Source
25 Apr 2013	NASA Probe Observes Meteors Colliding With Saturn's Rings	NASA/JPL
21 Mar 2013	Additional Details on the Large Feb. 15 Fireball over Russia	NASA/JPL
15 Feb 2013	NASA Experts Discuss Russia Meteor in Media Teleconference Today	NASA/JPL/MSFC
3 Jan 2013	Researchers Identify Water Rich Meteorite Linked To Mars Crust	NASA
2 Jan 2013	Quadrantids Create Year's First Meteor Shower	NASA/MSFC
8 Aug 2011	NASA Chat: Stay 'Up All Night' to Watch the Perseids!	NASA
23 May 2011	NASA Sky Cameras Capture Man-Sized Meteor Over Macon, Ga.	NASA/MSFC
15 Dec 2010	NASA Discovers Asteroid Delivered Assortment of Meteorites	NASA
5 Aug 2010	Planets Align for the Perseid Meteor Shower	Science@NASA
31 Mar 2009	Meteorite Treasure Hunt	NASA/JPL
25 Mar 2009	Tracking Meteoroids	Carnegie Institution
25 Mar 2009	Tracking an Impact	Sandia National Laboratories
31 Oct 2008	Magnetic Fields Record the Early Histories of Planets	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
7 Oct 2008	Impact of Asteroid 2008 TC3 Confirmed	NASA/JPL
6 Oct 2008	Boulder-sized Asteroid Will Burn Up in Earth's Atmosphere Tonight	NASA/JPL
9 Sep 2008	Solar Shift	Astrobiology Magazine
2 Sep 2008	Amateur Astronomers See Perseids Hit the Moon	Science@NASA
13 Aug 2008	Metorite-asteroid Puzzle Solution	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
22 Jul 2008	The 2008 Perseid Meteor Shower	Science@NASA
11 Jul 2007	Great Perseids	Science@NASA
10 Jan 2007	Rough Road Results in British Columbia Meteorite Find	University of Calgary
27 Sep 2005	Meteorites Offer Clues About Early Earth	Purdue University
26 Aug 2005	Ancient Solar System Research	Victoria University of Wellington
19 Oct 2004	'Light' Meteor Shower	Science@NASA
5 Oct 2004	Two Asteroids Named After Mars Rovers	NEO

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