meteor

A meteor is a streak of light produced when space debris burns up in the atmosphere, often called a shooting star

Code points: U+1FA8B
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Meaning

A meteor is a streak of light produced when space debris burns up in the atmosphere, often called a shooting star. In conversation it commonly conveys a fast, fleeting event, a sudden flash of brilliance, or something that appears briefly and disappears. It can express awe at a rare sighting, or metaphorically describe a brief but intense moment, person, or trend. Less often it is used for astronomy talk or wishing upon a shooting star. Usage varies: it can be playful or dramatic, and is sometimes confused with comets or asteroids, which are distinct objects.

Meteor — Approved as part of Emoji 18.0 in 2026.

meteor emoji meaning mean

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Emoji names around the world

English: meteor

Names from Unicode CLDR 48.2.1 — official Unicode data.

Quick facts

Code points: U+1FA8B
Unicode name: meteor
Category: Travel & PlacesSky & weather
Unicode: 18.0 · 2026Emoji 18.0
Keywords: meteor emoji meaning mean

Developer

Single code point

Unicode data

Code pointsU+1FA8B

Unicode namemeteor

UTF-8F0 9F AA 8B

Shortcodes

Shortcode (Discord / GitHub / Slack):meteor:

HTML & CSS

HTML (hex)🪋

HTML (decimal)🪋

CSS\1FA8B

Languages

JavaScript\u{1FA8B}

Python\U0001FA8B

Perl\x{1FA8B}

PHP / Ruby\u{1FA8B}

Encodings

Punycodexn--m09h

URL escape code%F0%9F%AA%8B

Frequently asked

What does 🪋 meteor mean?

What are the Unicode codepoints and shortcode for 🪋 meteor?

U+1FA8B (Unicode 18.0, 2026) · :meteor:

Which emojis are related to 🪋 meteor?

🔥 fire, 🌟 glowing star, 🌈 rainbow, 🌞 sun with face, 🌝 full moon face, 🌠 shooting star, 🌚 new moon face, 🌑 new moon

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