A meteor is a piece of space rock that passes through the Earth's atmosphere, burning up before it reaches the surface. A meteorite is the same piece of rock but it's big enough to survive the journey through the atmosphere, and hits the ground.
A falling star is a meteor. A meteorite is a meteor that has hit the ground.
A meteor becomes a meteorite when it hits Earth's surface.
It is called a meteorite.
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The correct spelling is meteorite (a meteor that reaches the ground).
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A meteorite! hey here is a joke! if a meteor that hits is a meteorite what do you call one that misses? a meteorworong!
The remainder of a meteor that impacts the ground is called a meteorite.
Any object that strikes Earth's atmosphere, thus 'burning' on entry is a METEOR. If this same object survives to hit the planet, it is a METEORITE.
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