what is difference between meteors and meteorids?
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The terms ‘meteor’ and ‘meteorite’ often get confused, probably because they can refer to the same object that was once in outer space. Newspaper articles and even some science reporting have confused the terms. The difference between a meteor and meteorite is in the location of an object from space which has intersected the orbital path of Earth.
A meteor, commonly referred to as a ‘shooting star’ is an object from space, usually an asteroid or comet, sometimes pieces of Mars or the Moon, whose path has intersected that of Earth’s atmosphere. When the space object encounters Earth’s atmosphere, that is the point it becomes a ‘meteor’. Scientists called the brightest of meteors ‘bolides’.
A meteor, commonly referred to as a ‘shooting star’ is an object from space, usually an asteroid or comet, sometimes pieces of Mars or the Moon, whose path has intersected that of Earth’s atmosphere. When the space object encounters Earth’s atmosphere, that is the point it becomes a ‘meteor’. Scientists called the brightest of meteors ‘bolides’.
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A meteor is a block of matter, relatively small by cosmological standards, that has descended into Earth’s atmosphere from outer space, burning a trail of dust and fire as its high speed produces friction with the air ☆where as☆ A meteoroid is an object that resembles a meteor; specifically, it is the name given to a body of matter moving in space before it enters Earth’s atmosphere. A meteorite is the name for the rock that remains after a meteor strikes Earth’s surface.
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