A meteor or "shooting star" is the visible streak of light from a heated and glowing object falling through the Earth's atmosphere. A meteoroid is a small rocky or metallic body travelling through outer space. A meteorite is a solid piece of debris from such a body which survives its passage through the Earth's atmosphere, and falls to the Earth's surface. Meteor may also refer to: Astronomy and space exploration Meteor (rocket), a Polish meteorology rocket (1963–1974) Meteor (satellite), three series of weather satellites of the Soviet Union, starting in 1969 Meteor, a spacecraft recovery system being developed by the student-run Cambridge University society CU Spaceflight Geography Meteor, Wisconsin, a town in the United States Meteor (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community, United States Meteor Crater, Arizona, United States Great Meteor Seamount, Portugal Science and technology Meteor (weather), any weather phenomenon, as studied in meteorology Meteor (web framework), an open-source JavaScript web application development platform METeOR, an Australian information repository Meteor goldfish, a variety of goldfish having no tail fin METEOR (Metric for Evaluation of Translation with Explicit ORdering), a metric for the evaluation of machine translation output Business Meteor (mobile network), a defunct mobile phone operator in Ireland Meteor Vineyard, a vineyard in Napa Valley Transport Météor, a codename for the Paris Métro Line 14 Meteor (automobile), a brand of car from Ford Motor Company of Canada (1949–1976) Ford Meteor, a car model, available 1981–1995 Mercury Meteor, a car in North America, 1961–1963 Volkswagen Meteor, a modified version of the MAN TGX made by Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus 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 (1986), a German research vessel Meteor (1915), a German survey vessel Meteor, German Kaiser Wilhelm II's yacht, the former Thistle, which was sold in 1895 to the German Navy to be used as a school yacht and renamed Comet , several U.S. Navy ships , several ships of the Royal Navy , several ships of the Imperial German Navy , several steamships Arts and entertainment Meteor Music Awards, Ireland's national music awards, also known as "The Meteors" Meteor (film), a 1979 science-fiction film Meteor (miniseries), a 2009 disaster-science fiction two-part TV mini-series starring Billy Campbell and Marla Sokoloff Meteor Records, an American record label The Meteors, English psychobilly band formed in 1980 "Meteor" (Pink Lady song),