A meteor cannot hit earth: it burns up in the atmosphere. Normally when a meteorite hits earth you do absolutely nothing since you would not even know. Astronomers estimate between 36 and 166 meteorites larger than 10grams fall to Earth per million square kilometres each year. Over the whole surface area of Earth, that translates to 18,000to 84,000meteorites bigger than 10grams per year.
When a meteor hits the Earth it forms a crater.
Not likely.
A meteor becomes a meteorite when it hits Earth's surface.
Meteorite
A meteorite.
depends how big it is
a CRATER
After it hits Earth, a meteoroid is called a meteor.
Correction! Actually a meteor that impacts the Earth is called a meteorite
A rock from space that hits Earth is called a meteorite. When it enters the Earth's atmosphere, it is known as a meteor or shooting star.
It is called a meteorite.
Once it hits the Earth, we call the pieces "meteorites".