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No. A meteoroid is a small piece of rock or metal in space. A meteorite is such an object that has struck Earth's surface.

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What is a word that means the same thing as comet?

Falling Star, Meteorite, meteoroid


Is a meteoroid and a meteorite the same?

An object is called a meteorite once it has struck the ground; before that it's called a meteoroid


How are meteormeteoroid and meteorite related?

First of all there is no such word as "meteormeteoroid" .-Meteoroid is a body of material moving through space. A Meteorite is the same thing reaching Earth's surface.


How can you use the word meteoroid in a sentence?

A meteoroid is not the same as a meteorite. A meteoroid is a small piece of rock or even dust flying through space.


A rock fragment traveling in space is called a?

Its a meteoroid! or an asteroid


After it hits earth a meteoroid is called a?

After it hits Earth, a meteoroid is called a meteor.


Is a meteoroid smaller than a meteorite?

A meteorite by definition has reached the ground. Mist meteoroids burn up in the Earths atmosphere. Any meteorite would have been bigger as a meteoroid as the outer coating would have been burnt off during entry.


How do you classify a meteorite?

A meteorite is a meteoroid that has entered earth's atmosphere with out completely burning up


How are meteorite and meteoroid related to each other?

A meteoroid is a small mass of something moving through space. A meteorite is defined as a piece of such that actually lands on Earth.


What causes a meteoroid to become a meteorite?

landing on the earth


What is the life cycle of a meteor?

meteoroid meteor meteorite


If a meteoroid hits earth surface its called?

Meteorite.