Question

Difference between the Meteors
and Meteorites ?​

Answer 1

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Explanation:

Meteors:

It is a meteor. A meteor is the streak of light that you see in the sky when a small piece of commentary or asteroid material enters the atmosphere at high speed and burns up because of the frictional heating from the piece’s collision with the atoms and molecules in the atmosphere

Meteorites:

Before the small bit of comet or asteroid enters Earth’s atmosphere, it floats through interplanetary space and is called a meteoroid.

Answer 2

meteors

When meteoroids enter Earth’s atmosphere (or that of another planet, like Mars) at high speed and burn up, the fireballs or “shooting stars” are called meteors.

meteorite

When a meteoroid survives a trip through the

atmosphere and hits the ground, it’s called a

meteorite.