A meteor is one of those streaks of light you see flash across the sky.
A meteoroid is the material that causes such a meteor to appear. It can be a rock, a piece of junk, fragments from an asteroid or comet, or whatever -- anything that passes through earths atmosphere in spectacular fashion.
A meteorite is any part of a meteoroid that survives a fall to earth.
A meteor is one of those streaks of light you see flash across the sky.
A meteoroid is the material that causes such a meteor to appear. It can be a rock, a piece of junk, fragments from an asteroid or comet, or whatever -- anything that passes through earths atmosphere in spectacular fashion.
A meteorite is any part of a meteoroid that survives a fall to earth.
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