meteor
noun /ˈmiːtiə(r)/,  /ˈmiːtiɔː(r)/
  /ˈmiːtiər/,  /ˈmiːtiɔːr/
 - a piece of rock from outer space that makes a bright line across the night sky as it burns up while falling through the earth’s atmosphere
- a meteor shower
 
Oxford Collocations DictionaryMeteor is used before these nouns:- crater
 - shower
 
Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting any atmospheric phenomenon): from modern Latin meteorum, from Greek meteōron, neuter (used as a noun) of meteōros ‘lofty’.