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What is the difference between meteors and stars?

April 26, 2017Astronomy Astronomy & Space difference Mathematics meteors stars

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What is the difference between meteors and stars?

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Meteors are the short, white trails across the sky that we call “shooting stars.” They are caused by small pea-sized pieces of inter-planetary dust that burn up when they slam into the Earth’s atmosphere at high speeds. A star is a ball of gas held together by its own gravity.