Show Falling Stars So called falling stars otherwise mown known as shooting st stars are minute planetary bodies raised to Incandescence incandescence incandescence cence by the resistance res stance offered to tI motion by th the earths earth's atmosphere Over a n hundred millions Including those telescopically visible are estimated estimated esti est mn mated ted to be swept up daily by our planet yet with no sensible Increase of its mass the vast majority of these cosmic particles weighing probably only onty a n small fraction of an ounce They They fall fall about twice as as as' thickly In the morning as In the evening hours because because be be- cause the advancing side of the globe Is fully exposed to their bombardment bombardment bombardment bombard bombard- ment while white the hem hemisphere sphere behind Is sheltered from it |