Meteor (disambiguation)
Appearance
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The word meteor refers to phenomena that are high in the sky. This yields two well-known and seemingly disparate terms:
- Meteorology, the study of weather
- Meteor or shooting star, a visible trace of a meteoroid (cf. meteoroid and meteorite)
Meteor may also refer to:
In the sciences
- METeOR, Australian information repository
- Meteor goldfish, a rare variety of goldfish
- Meteoric water, water in the ground which originates from precipitation
In business
- Meteor (mobile network), Ireland's third mobile phone operator who trade solely as Meteor
- Meteor Vineyard, a vineyard in Napa Valley
In space exploration
- Meteor (rocket), a Polish meteorology rocket
- Meteor (satellite), a series of weather satellites of the Soviet Union
- METEOR (satellite), a NASA microgravity satellite which failed to reach orbit after its launch in 1995
- CU Spaceflight#Meteor, a spacecraft recovery system being developed
In transport
- Météor, a codename for the Paris Métro Line 14
- Meteor (car), a brand of car from Ford Motor Company of Canada
- Ford Meteor, a car model, available 1981–1995
- Mercury Meteor, a car in North America, 1961–1963
- Meteor (St. Louis-San Francisco Railway), a named passenger train
- Silver Meteor, an Amtrak train service
- Meteor, a South Devon Railway Comet class 4-4-0ST steam locomotive
- Meteor (ship), an 1896 built lake freighter of the experimental whaleback design and currently used as a museum in Superior, Wisconsin
- Meteor (research vessel), the name of three German research vessels 1924-1939, 1964-1985, 1986
- Meteor (yacht), German emperor Wilhelm II's yacht, the former Thistle. In 1895, it was sold to the German Navy as a school yacht and renamed Comet.
In entertainment
- Meteor Music Awards, Ireland's national music awards, also known as "The Meteors"
- Meteor (film) a 1979 science fiction film
- Meteor (TV Series) a 2008 television series
- The Meteor Man (film), a 1993 superhero movie
- Meteor Records, a record label
- The Meteors, a psychobilly band
- Meteor, a level in the video game Star Fox
- Meteor, a very powerful magic spell was a major plot device in the video game Final Fantasy VII.
In weaponry
- The Meteor hammer, a Chinese martial arts weapon or dance prop
- Gloster Meteor, a British jet fighter aircraft
- Rolls-Royce Meteor, a tank engine version of the Rolls-Royce Merlin
- MBDA Meteor, a next generation beyond visual range air-to-air missile
- BSA Meteor Air Rifle, a Birmingham Small Arms Company-manufactured air rifle