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A '''meteor''' is a kind of stone that falls from the [[sky]]. The ancient [[Greek]]s believed that the stones were [[Zeus]]'s thunderbolts. A famous quote by [[Thomas Jefferson]]:

A '''meteor''' is a kind of stone that falls from the [[sky]].  

 

The ancient [[Greek]]s believed that the stones were [[Zeus]]'s thunderbolts. A famous quote by [[Thomas Jefferson]]:

:"I would sooner believe that two [[Yankee]] [[professor]]s lied, than that stones fell from the sky."[http://www.eridu.co.uk/Author/atlantis/greek.html]

:"I would sooner believe that two [[Yankee]] [[professor]]s lied, than that stones fell from the sky."[http://www.eridu.co.uk/Author/atlantis/greek.html]

A major source of meteors lies between [[Mars]] and [[Jupiter]], it is an enormous cluster of meteors, also known as an [[asteroid belt]]. Other meteor belts and clouds exist. It is the [[Earth]]'s passing through these belt and clouds that causes periodic [[meteor shower]]s such as the [[Perseiids]], [[Geminids]], and [[Taurids]].

A major source of meteors lies between [[Mars]] and [[Jupiter]], an enormous cluster of meteors also known as the [[asteroid belt]] (or [[Kuiper Belt]]). Other (minor) meteor belts and clouds exist, when the [[Earth]] passes through them periodic [[meteor shower]]s occur, such as the [[Perseiids]], [[Geminids]], and [[Taurids]].

Earth, however, never passes through the belt between between Mars and Jupiter or the [[Kuiper Belt]] which lies just outside of our solar system.

Earth's orbit is far inside the belt between between Mars and Jupiter; another lies just outside of our solar system.

Meteoroids from those belts break free and may collide with Earth.

Meteoroids from those belts break free and may collide with Earth.