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Another fun thing to toss around the ol brain: why do we never see falling stars or comets or whatever going in any direction other than down? Why don't we ever see them going up? Just a stoned thought..
 
Another fun thing to toss around the ol brain: why do we never see falling stars or comets or whatever going in any direction other than down? Why don't we ever see them going up? Just a stoned thought..

A falling star or meteorite appears to be "falling down" because the plasma tail goes behind the rock as it falls into the atmosphere.

Same reason the tail on a comet appears to make it be heading towards the sun even when its on its way back out of the solar system.
 
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