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