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A meteoroid is a small sand to boulder-sized particle of debris in the Solar system. The visible path of a meteoroid that enters Earth’s (or another body’s) atmosphere is a meteor, commonly called a “shooting star” or “falling star”. Many meteors are part of a meteor shower. The root word meteor comes from the Greek meteōros, meaning high in the air.
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16 dead on crashed Indonesian plane
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A small plane fell into a jungle in Indonesia, all 16 people on the plane were found dead, reported by an airline official on Wednesday August 5th, 2009.
The plane named as Twin Otter fell down due to the bad weather on Sunday, while flying above Papua, in eatern Indonesia, where there are jungles and mountains. On the plane there were 2 crew members, and 14 passengers, 2 children were included.
President director of Merpati Nusantara airline, Bamgang Bhakti, said that rescue teams have reacehd to the site where the crash had taken place，found no survivor.
There are more than 18, 000 islands in Indonesia, has experienced lots of air crashes in latest years.
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