Shooting Star
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Shooting star is a common name for the visible path of a meteoroid
as it enters the atmosphere to become a meteor.
Shooting star may also refer to:
Meteoroid
A meteoroid is a sand- to boulder-sized particle of debris in the Solar System. The visible path of a meteoroid that enters Earth's atmosphere is called a meteor, or colloquially a shooting star or falling star. If a meteoroid reaches the ground and survives impact, then it is called a meteorite...
as it enters the atmosphere to become a meteor.
Shooting star may also refer to:
- Shooting Star Children's HospiceShooting Star Children's HospiceThe Shooting Star Children's Hospice is a UK-based children's charity.The charity provides care, support and advice for children and young people with life-limiting conditions and their families...
, a UK children's charity - The Shooting StarThe Shooting StarThe Shooting Star is the tenth of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip books that were written and illustrated by Belgian writer and illustrator Hergé, featuring young reporter Tintin as a hero....
, a 1942 Tintin adventure - Shooting Star (comics)Shooting Star (comics)Shooting Star is a comic book superhero appearing in Marvel Comics.-Fictional character biography:Shooting Star was born Victoria Starwin, in El Paso, Texas. She is the daughter of Remington Starwin, a wealthy Texas oil baron and amateur rodeo performer. When she was a child, her father...
, a character from Marvel Comics - The Shooting Star, the name of Racer X's car in Mach GoGoGo media
- Shooting Stars AwardShooting Stars AwardThe Shooting Stars Award is annually presented to ten young European actors at the Berlin International Film Festival. It was introduced in 1998 by European Film Promotion , a pan-European network of film promotion and export organisations, and is supported by the MEDIA Programme of the EU...
, annually presented to 10 young European actors at the Berlin International Film Festival - Shooting Stars F.C., a Nigerian football club
- Shooting Star Casino in Minnesota
- Bay 101Bay 101Bay 101 is a cardroom in San Jose, California. Like other California cardrooms, Bay 101 offers poker cash games and tournaments as well as special "California" style table games....
Shooting Star, a World Poker Tour tournament - DodecatheonDodecatheonDodecatheon is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants in the Primrose family Primulaceae. The species have basal clumps of leaves and nodding flowers that are produced at the top of tall stems that rise from where the leaves join the crown. They are commonly called Shooting Stars because of the...
, a genus of herbaceous flowering plants - A professional wrestling aerial technique
- An algorithm for calculating the shortest path in a graph
- Shooting star (candlestick pattern)Shooting star (candlestick pattern)The shooting star is a type of bearish reversal pattern. The Shooting Star looks exactly the same as the Inverted hammer, but instead of being found in a downtrend it is found in an uptrend and thus has different implications...
, pattern
People
- Shooting Star (actor), born Louis Heminger 6 March 1890, South Dakota, USA; died 4 June 1966, Hollywood, California, USA
- TecumsehTecumsehTecumseh was a Native American leader of the Shawnee and a large tribal confederacy which opposed the United States during Tecumseh's War and the War of 1812...
(1768–1813), whose Shawnee name has been translated as Shooting Star!
In transportation
- P-80 Shooting StarP-80 Shooting StarThe Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star was the first jet fighter used operationally by the United States Army Air Forces. Designed in 1943 as a response to the German Messerschmitt Me-262 jet fighter, and delivered in just 143 days from the start of the design process, production models were flying but...
, a United States Army Air Forces jet fighter - T-33 Shooting StarT-33 Shooting StarThe Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star is an American-built jet trainer aircraft. It was produced by Lockheed and made its first flight in 1948, piloted by Tony LeVier. The T-33 was developed from the Lockheed P-80/F-80 starting as TP-80C/TF-80C in development, then designated T-33A. It was used by the...
, an American-built jet trainer - A BR 'Britannia' class steam locomotive
- A GWR Star ClassGWR Star ClassThe Great Western Railway Star Class of 2-2-2 broad gauge steam locomotives were used for passenger train work. Designed by Robert Stephenson, the class was introduced into service between November 1838 and November 1841, and withdrawn between April 1864 and September 1871.A total of twelve Star...
steam locomotive - A logo displayed on many HokutoseiHokutoseiThe is a limited express sleeping car train service in Japan which connects Ueno Station in Tokyo and Sapporo Station in the northern island of Hokkaido, taking approximately 16½ hours...
locomotives, including:- JNR Class DD51JNR Class DD51The DD51 is a class of Japanese B-2-B wheel arrangement diesel-hydraulic locomotives. 649 locomotives were built between 1962 and 1978 by Kawasaki Sharyō, Hitachi, and Mitsubishi. The class was designed for mainline passenger and freight use with more power than the D51 and a higher maximum speed...
- JR Freight Class EF510JR Freight Class EF510The locomotives are Bo-Bo-Bo wheel arrangement multi-voltage AC/DC electric locomotives operated by JR Freight and East Japan Railway Company in Japan....
- JNR Class DD51
In music
- Shooting Star (band)Shooting Star (band)Shooting Star is a rock band from Kansas City, Missouri.The band formed in the late 1970s. After quickly gaining enormous popularity in the Kansas City area, Shooting Star became the first American group to sign with Virgin Records. They recorded their 1979 debut album in England with legendary...
, a rock band from Kansas City, Missouri - Shooting Star (Elkie Brooks album)Shooting Star (Elkie Brooks album)-Background:Brooks' third album was a departure from her previous work and enjoyed relative success in the UK charts. Taking the place of Leiber & Stoller was renowned producer David Kershenbaum who was to guide Brooks along a more funk orientated sound than on her previous work...
, 1978 - Shooting Star (Shooting Star album), 1980
- Shooting Stars (album)Shooting Stars (album)Shooting Stars is the debut album by the pop duo Dollar.Released in 1979, the album contained the duo's first three singles; "Shooting Star", "Who Were You With in the Moonlight" and "Love's Gotta Hold on Me". The album was released on Carrere Records and reached No.36 in the charts...
, a 1979 album by Dollar - Shooting Stars, a 2011 album by TyDi
Songs
- "Shooting Star" (Air Traffic song)Shooting Star (Air Traffic song)"Shooting Star" is a single by English indie rock band Air Traffic. It was the second single to be released from the band's debut album, Fractured Life...
, from the 2007 album Fractured Life - "Shooting Star" (Bad Company song), from the 1975 album Straight Shooter
- "Shooting Star" (David Rush song)Shooting Star (David Rush song)"Shooting Star" is the debut solo single of hip hop artist David Rush, from his debut release Feel the Rush Vol. 1. It features Kevin Rudolf, LMFAO, and rapper Pitbull. The single version of the song is the "Party Rock" remix of the original song, which features LMFAO.-Music video:Universal...
, from the 2009 album Feel the Rush Vol. 1 - "Shooting Star" (Deepest Blue song)Shooting Star (Deepest Blue song)"Shooting Star" is a song by Deepest Blue, which was released as he fourth and final single from their debut album Late September. It was their first single not to make the UK Top 40, peaking at #57. The group were dropped by their record label and decided to split soon after the release of this...
, from the 2004 album Late September - "Shooting Star" (Elton John song)Shooting Star (Elton John song)"Shooting Star" is a song by Elton John with lyrics by Gary Osborne. It is the eighth track off his 1978 album, A Single Man.-Musical structure:...
, from side 2 of his 1978 album A Single Man - "Shooting Star" (Modern Talking song)Shooting Star (Modern Talking song)"Shooting Star" is a song by Modern Talking, produced in 2006 by Dieter Bohlen, almost three years after the band's split. The song was published in Dieter: Der Film soundtrack...
, a song by the German band Modern Talking - "Shooting Star" (Poison song)Shooting Star (Poison song)"Shooting Star" is a song by American rock band Poison, it's the third single from the Poison studio album Hollyweird, which debuted at #103 on the Billboard 200 chart and #8 on the Independent Albums chart....
, from the 2002 album Hollyweird - "Shooting Star" (Kotoko and Mami Kawada song) from the 2002 anime Please Teacher!
- "Shooting Star", a song from Lou Reed's 1978 album, Street HassleStreet HassleStreet Hassle is the eighth solo album by Lou Reed, originally released by Arista Records. The album is notable as the first commercially released pop album to employ binaural recording technology. Street Hassle combines live concert tapings and studio recordings.The album is also notable for...
- "Shooting Star", a 1997 dance single by Bang!Bang! (hardcore)Bang! are a British Happy Hardcore group from the late 1990s originally consisting of producer Nick Arnold, Tom Orton and female vocalist Donna Grassie. Nick Arnold and Tom Orton had previously been a members of the band Smart E's, who reached 2 in the UK in 1992 with their cover of the theme tune...
- "Shooting Star", a 2002 cover version by Flip & FillFlip & FillFlip & Fill are a Manchester, England based electronic dance music duo, consisting of the producers/remixers, DJs Graham Turner and Mark Hall. They are signed to the All Around The World record label.-Career:...
- "Shooting Star", a 2002 cover version by Flip & Fill
- "Shooting Star" performed by BoyzoneBoyzoneBoyzone are an Irish boy band comprising Keith Duffy, Mikey Graham, Ronan Keating,Shane Lynch, and formerly Stephen Gately. Boyzone have 19 singles in the top 40 UK charts and 21 singles in the Ire charts. The group currently have 6 UK number one singles and 9 number one singles in Ireland with 12...
, for the 1997 film HerculesHercules (1997 film)Hercules is a 1997 American animated film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The thirty-fifth animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, the film was directed by Ron Clements and John Musker... - "Shooting Star" by Harry Chapin, from the 1974 album Verities & BalderdashVerities & BalderdashVerities & Balderdash is the fourth studio album by the American singer/songwriter Harry Chapin, released in 1974. . "Cat's in the Cradle" was Chapin's highest charting single, finishing at #44 for the year on the 1974 Billboard year-end Hot 100 chart. The follow-up single, "I Wanna Learn a Love...
- "Shooting Star" by Dollar, from the album Shooting Stars
- "Shooting Star" by Bob Dylan, from the 1989 album Oh MercyOh MercyOh Mercy is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's 26th studio album, released by Columbia Records in September 1989.Produced by Daniel Lanois, it was hailed by critics as a triumph for Dylan, after a string of weaker-reviewed albums...
- "Shooting Star" by the Australian band Expatriate, from the 2007 album In the Midst of ThisIn the Midst of ThisIn the Midst of This is the debut album by Sydney-based Australian indie rock band Expatriate. The band had previously revealed on MySpace that they hoped to have the album released by February 2007, however it was released in Australia on 21 April...
- "Shooting Star" by Riyu Kosaka, from the 2003 album BeForUBeForU (album)BeForU is the first Japanese studio album by all female J-Pop group BeForU, released in 2003.-Track listing:# チカラ – 3:12# ♥LOVE² シュガ→♥ – 3:15# DIVE – 3:41# ヒマワリ – 3:34# BABY LOVE – 4:22# LOVE♥SHINE – 3:17...
- "Shooting Star" by Órla FallonÓrla FallonÓrlagh Fallon , professionally known as Órla Fallon, is an Irish soloist, songwriter and former member of the group Celtic Woman and the chamber choir Anúna.- Life and career :...
, from her 2009 album Distant Shore; first performed in the Celtic WomanCeltic WomanCeltic Woman is an all-female musical ensemble conceived and assembled by Sharon Browne and David Downes, a former musical director of the Irish stage show Riverdance...
2005 and 2006 tours. - "Shooting Star" by Cliff RichardCliff RichardSir Cliff Richard, OBE is a British pop singer, musician, performer, actor, and philanthropist who has sold over an estimated 250 million records worldwide....
and The ShadowsThe ShadowsThe Shadows are a British pop group with a total of 69 UK hit-charted singles: 35 as 'The Shadows' and 34 as 'Cliff Richard and the Shadows', from the 1950s to the 2000s. Cliff Richard in casual conversation with the British rock press frequently refers to the Shadows by their nickname: 'The Shads'...
, from the 1966 film Thunderbirds Are GOThunderbirds Are GOThunderbirds Are Go is a 1966 British science-fiction film based on Thunderbirds, a 1960s television series starring marionette puppets and featuring scale model effects in a filming process dubbed "Supermarionation"...
. A song about an abusive man who stalks his ex-girlfriend. - "Shooting Star" by Elliott SmithElliott SmithSteven Paul "Elliott" Smith was an American singer-songwriter and musician. Smith was born in Omaha, Nebraska, raised primarily in Texas, and resided for a significant portion of his life in Portland, Oregon, where he first gained popularity...
, from the 2004 album From a Basement on the HillFrom a Basement on the HillFrom a Basement on the Hill is the sixth and final studio album by the late singer-songwriter Elliott Smith. Released posthumously on October 19, 2004 by ANTI- Records in CD, double LP, and digital download, it peaked at #19 in the US and #41 in the UK.... - "Shooting Star" by Iced EarthIced EarthIced Earth is an American heavy metal band from Tampa, Florida. Originally formed under the name "Purgatory" in 1984, Iced Earth has released a total of ten studio albums, one live album, three EP's, two compilations and boxsets...
, a cover of the Bad Company song, from the 1999 The Melancholy E.P.The Melancholy E.P.-Bonus tracks :-Credits:* Jon Schaffer − Lead/Rhythm Guitars* Matt Barlow − Lead Vocals* Larry Tarnowski − Guitar solos* Randall Shawver − Lead Guitars * James MacDonough − Bass Guitars* Dave Abell − Bass Guitars... - "Shooting Stars" by Bag RaidersBag RaidersBag Raiders are a house duo from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, consisting of DJs Chris Stracey and Jack Glass. The duo is well known for their remixes and live shows.Bag Raiders came in at number 11 in the poll of Australia's top DJs in 2009....
and Rhys "Ted" Taylor, from the 2009 EP Shooting StarsBag RaidersBag Raiders are a house duo from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, consisting of DJs Chris Stracey and Jack Glass. The duo is well known for their remixes and live shows.Bag Raiders came in at number 11 in the poll of Australia's top DJs in 2009....
In film, television, and theater
- Shooting StarsShooting StarsShooting Stars is a British television comedy panel game broadcast on BBC Two as a pilot in 1993, then as 3 full series from 1995 to 1997, then on BBC Choice from January to December 2002 with 2 series before returning to BBC Two for another 3 series from 2008 until its axing in 2011...
, a British comedy television show - Shooting Stars (Singapore television series)
- "Shooting Stars" (CSI), a 2005 sixth-season episode of CSI
- Shooting Star, a play by Steven DietzSteven DietzSteven Dietz is an American playwright whose work is largely performed regionally, i.e. outside of New York City...
- Shooting Stars, a play by Molly NewmanMolly NewmanMolly Newman is an Emmy Award-winning television writer and producer who is most known for work on shows such as The Larry Sanders Show "Frasier" "Murphy Brown" "Tracey Takes On..." "Maximum Bob" and Brothers & Sisters....
- Shooting Stars (1927 film), a 1927 British drama film
In books
- Shooting Star (Bloch novel) by Milwaukeean Robert BlochRobert BlochRobert Albert Bloch was a prolific American writer, primarily of crime, horror and science fiction. He is best known as the writer of Psycho, the basis for the film of the same name by Alfred Hitchcock...
- Shooting Star (Temple novel) by Australian Peter Temple