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Bookmark or Share- Meteorite | Definition, Types, Identification, & Facts | Britannicameteorite, any fairly small natural object from interplanetary space—i.e., a meteoroid—that survives its passage through Earth’s atmosphere and lands on the surface. In modern usage the term is broadly applied to similar objects that land on the surface of other comparatively large bodies. For instance, meteorite fragments have been found in samples returned from the Moon, and the ...
- Meteors and Meteorites - NASA ScienceMeteors 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. Meteorites When a meteoroid survives a trip through the atmosphere and hits the ground, it’s called a meteorite. Alex Meshik and Morgan Nunn Martinez collect a meteorite ...
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