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A meteoroid travels through the solar system. If it comes close enough to the earth then the earth's gravitational attraction will pull it towards the earth. If the meteoroid get pulled into the earth's atmosphere it becomes a meteor, and by this time it is already captured by earth's gravity.
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What meteor fell into earth?
meteor Chase
What is the term for a meteor that reaches the earth?
Meteor-ite.
When a meteor hits the earth what does it form?
When a meteor hits the Earth it forms a crater.
What is the different between a meteor meteoroids and meteoroids?
A Meteor is a Meteoroid that enters Earth's atmostsphere a Meteoroid is is a Meteor that will soon enter Earth's atmostsphere.
What is another name for a meteor that is visible from Earth?
Another name for a meteor that is visible from Earth is Meteoroid.
What is it called when a meteor produces enough light to cast a shadow on the earth?
A meteor does not produce light, a shadow on the Earth is caused when the meteor blocks the Sun's rays. The meteor does this when it is placed in between the Sun and the Earth, this is called an eclipse.
A meteor is a meteoriod that?
A meteor is a meteoroid that... burns up in Earth's atmosphere.
What produces a streak of light as it enters the earth's atmosphere's?
Meteor
What is it called When a meteor hits the earth is is called a?
Correction! Actually a meteor that impacts the Earth is called a meteorite
Will the earth be distroyed when the meteor hits earth?
Not likely.
How does a meteor get to earth?
well the meteor would be sucked in by the earths gravitational pull
How a meteor becomes a meteorite?
A meteor becomes a meteorite when it hits Earth's surface.
