What is "shooting star"

Meteor \Me"te*or\, n. [F. m['e]t['e]ore, Gr. ?, pl. ? things in the air, fr. ? high in air, raised off the ground; ? beyond + ?, ?, a suspension or hovering in the air, fr. ? to lift, raise up.]

1. Any phenomenon or appearance in the atmosphere, as clouds, rain, hail, snow, etc.

   Hail, an ordinary meteor.
   --Bp. Hall.

2. Specif.: A transient luminous body or appearance seen in the atmosphere, or in a more elevated region.

   The vaulty top of heaven Figured quite o'er with burning meteors.
   --Shak.

3. A mass of stone or other substance which sometimes falls to the earth from space beyond the moon, burning up from atomospheric friction and creating a brilliant but usually very brief trail of light in the atmosphere; also called a shooting star.

   Note: The term is especially applied to fireballs, and the masses of stone or other substances which sometimes fall to the earth; also to shooting stars and to ignes fatui. Meteors are often classed as: aerial meteors, winds, tornadoes, etc.; aqueous meteors, rain, hail, snow, dew, etc.; luminous meteors, rainbows, halos, etc.; and igneous meteors, lightning, shooting stars, and the like.

alt. 1 A meteor, especially a streak of light in the night sky, caused by a meteoroid burning up as it enters the Earth’s atmosphere. 2 Any of several wild flowering plants in the genus ''Dodecatheon'', mostly found in Western North America. n. 1 A meteor, especially a streak of light in the night sky, caused by a meteoroid burning up as it enters the Earth’s atmosphere. 2 Any of several wild flowering plants in the genus ''Dodecatheon'', mostly found in Western North America.

n. a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode [syn: meteor]

Shooting Star is an American rock band from Kansas City, Missouri.

The band formed in the late 1970s. After gaining popularity in the Kansas City area, Shooting Star became the first American group to sign with Virgin Records. They recorded their 1979 debut album in England with producer Gus Dudgeon, best known for his work with Elton John and David Bowie. The band gained national exposure when a number of songs garnered moderate air-play on album-oriented rock radio stations in the US.

Shooting Star initially consisted of Van McLain (guitars, vocals), Bill Guffey (keyboards), Steve Thomas (drums), Ron Verlin (bass), Charles Waltz (violin, keyboards, vocals), and Gary West (lead vocals, guitars, keyboards).

Shooting star is a common name for the visible path of a meteoroid as it enters the atmosphere, becoming a meteor.

Shooting star may also refer to:

• Hypervelocity star, a type of star that moves at unusually high velocities across the galaxy

Shooting Star is a television drama in Singapore. It stars Taufik Batisah, Sylvester Sim, Olinda Cho, Daphne Khoo, Jeassea K. Thyidor, Alfarahizah Awangnit, David Wu, Brendon Lim and Maylene Loo. The show premiered on August 9, 2005 and ended on October 11, 2005. The first episode broke record as 10 million viewers watched the show on Channel 5. The soundtrack did really well in terms of sales, but in airplay, it only made the top 30.

Shooting Star is a comic book superheroine appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Bill Mantlo and penciller Sal Buscema and first appeared in Incredible Hulk vol.1 #265 (November 1981). She is a member of the Rangers, the American Southwest superhero team.

"Shooting Star" is a song by British electronic group Deepest Blue. It was released in August 2004 as the fourth and final single from their debut album Late September. It was their first single not to make the UK Top 40, peaking at #57. The group were dropped by their record label and decided to split up soon after the release of this single. Despite the commercial failure of the single, it is still used by Sky Sports as incidental music during UK football matches, and was used on Sky Sports News and Soccer Saturday from 2004 until 2007.

Shooting Star is the 1980 self-titled debut album by the group Shooting Star. Shooting Star was the first American musical act signed by then upstart label Virgin Records. Gus Dudgeon, mainly known for his work with Elton John, produced the album. You Got What I Need, Bring It On, Tonight and Last Chance all received regular play on AOR radio stations.

Shooting Star is an album by Elkie Brooks.

Shooting Star (1999) is a Ned Kelly Award-winning novel by Australian author Peter Temple.

"Shooting Star" is the debut solo single of hip hop artist David Rush, from his debut release Feel the Rush Vol. 1. It features Kevin Rudolf, LMFAO, and rapper Pitbull. The single version of the song is the "Party Rock" remix of the original song, which features LMFAO.

"Shooting Star" is a single by English indie rock band Air Traffic. It was the second single to be released from the band's debut album, Fractured Life. It was released on 18 June 2007 and reached a peak position of #30 in the UK Singles Chart.

The track was also used in the opening credits of MTV reality show Living on the Edge, the UK advert for Davidoff Cool Water and YouTube reality show The Suburbs. It has also been used in an introduction movie for the Phantom Coupe on the Rolls Royce Motorcars website 1. It has also featured in the latest promotional video for UK based power distribution operator UK Power Networks.

"Shooting Star" is a song by American rock band Poison, it's the third and final single released from Poison's 7th studio album Hollyweird, which debuted at #103 on the Billboard 200 and #8 on the Top Independent Albums chart. The song was released as a single in November 2002 and has since been referred to as "Fallen Angel" part 2 because the songs theme revolves around the same theme as their 1988 single Fallen Angel of their Open Up and Say... Ahh! album. The B-side to the single is Wasteland. The lyrics to the song was written by Lead vocalist Bret Michaels, and Lead guitarist C.C. DeVille while the music was written by all four members.

In technical analysis, a shooting star is interpreted as a type of reversal pattern presaging a falling price. The Shooting Star looks exactly the same as the Inverted hammer, but instead of being found in a downtrend it is found in an uptrend and thus has different implications. Like the Inverted hammer it is made up of a candle with a small lower body, little or no lower wick, and a long upper wick that is at least two times the size of the lower body.

The long upper wick of the candlestick pattern indicates that the buyers drove prices up at some point during the period in which the candle was formed but encountered selling pressure which drove prices back down for the period to close near to where they opened. As this occurred in an uptrend the selling pressure is seen as a potential reversal sign. After encountering this pattern traders often check for a lower open on the next period before considering the sell-signal valid.

As with the Inverted hammer most traders will see a longer wick as a sign of a greater potential reversal and like to see an increase in volume on the day the Shooting Star forms.

"Shooting Star" is a song by Modern Talking, produced in 2006 by Dieter Bohlen, almost three years after the band's split. The song was published in Dieter: Der Film soundtrack. The song consists of the union of verses of Modern Talking's old songs, as Don't Take Away My Heart, and the typical falsetto choruses.

In the song's beginning, the voice of Louis Armstrong can be heard.

Shooting Star is the second extended play by American electronica project Owl City, released on iTunes and other media outlets on May 15, 2012, through Universal Republic. The extended play consists of four new songs that would also be on Young's subsequent album, The Midsummer Station. Mark Hoppus, vocalist for Blink-182 is featured on the song "Dementia".

"Shooting Star" is a song by American electronica project Owl City from his second extended play Shooting Star. It was released as the lead single from the EP on May 15, 2012. The song has so far peaked at No. 176 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 49 on the Japan Hot 100.

Shooting Star is the debut studio album by Australian recording artist Rachael Leahcar, who finished third on the first season of The Voice Australia. The album was released on 13 July 2012, through Universal Music Australia. It features songs Leahcar performed on The Voice, two original songs, as well as newly recorded covers. Leahcar promoted the album with an in-store appearance at Westfield Marion in Oaklands Park, South Australia, where she signed copies of the album and performed the songs " La Vie en rose" and "Shooting Star". The album debuted at number five on the ARIA Albums Chart.

"Shooting Star" is the eighteenth episode of the fourth season of the American musical television series Glee, and the eighty-fourth episode overall. Written by Matthew Hodgson and directed by Bradley Buecker, it aired on Fox in the United States on April 11, 2013.

"Shooting Star" is a song by English/Irish singer-songwriter Tara McDonald, released as the second single from her debut studio album in Europe. The song features platinum selling Francophone artist Zaho.

Shooting Star may refer to the ships:

• Shooting Star 1851, an extreme clipper built by James O. Curtis of 903 tons Old Measurement
• Ino 1851, a clipper built by Perrine, Patterson & Stack, acquired by the U.S. Navy and commissioned USS Ino that was renamed Shooting Star in 1867
• MS Shooting Star 1940, C2 motor ship, USMC hull #22, built by Tampa Shipbuilding Company, Tampa, Florida that was commissioned
• MS Shooting Star 1942, C2-SU-R motor ship, USMC hull #117, built by Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Chester, Pennsylvania as a refrigerated cargo vessel. The ship was withdrawn from the James River reserve fleet and bareboat chartered to the U.S. Army during the West Coast maritime strike of 1948 (See MARAD vessel status cards).