what are meteors and meteorites?
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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. When a meteoroid survives a trip through the atmosphere and hits the ground, it's called a meteorite.
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Meteoroid: A small particle from a comet or asteroid orbiting the Sun. Meteor: The light phenomena which results when a meteoroid enters the Earth's atmosphere and vaporizes; a shooting star. Meteorite: A meteoroid that survives its passage through the Earth's atmosphere and lands upon the Earth's surfaces
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