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A rock or boulder in space is called a meteoroid. If/when it hits Earth's atmosphere it is called a meteor. If/after it reaches the ground without completely burning up, it is called a meteorite.
A meteor is long streak of light that is visible when a meteoroid gets close to the sun. When a meteor goes through the atmosphere and hits the ground, it is called a meteorite.
A meteoroid is space debris that is made up of rock. A meteoroid that enters Earth's atmosphere and burns up is called a meteor. A meteorite is a meteor that survives the fall through Earth's atmosphere.
Meteor. And if it lands it is called a Meteorite.
A meteoroid is a small sand to boulder sized particle of debris in the Solar System. A small meteoroid is called a micrometeoroid or space dust.If a meteoroid enters Earth's atmosphere it is called a meteor, or "shooting star"Any piece of a meteor that reaches the ground is called a meteorite.Satelites, because a satalite is considered a object that travels around anything.
A meteoroid burning up on entering the atmosphere is commonly known as a shooting star.
The bright streak of light is the meteoroid burning up in the atmosphere due to friction from its extreme velocity. If the meteoroid completely burns up, it is called a meteor; if part of it makes it to the ground, it is called a meteorite.
Sometimes it is called a "shooting star" but the stream of light is just the meteoroid burning up and parts of it break off.
A rock or boulder in space is called a meteoroid. If/when it hits Earth's atmosphere it is called a meteor. If/after it reaches the ground without completely burning up, it is called a meteorite.
A `shooting star`, `falling star` or more technically, a meteor. They are called meteoroids in space, meteors when then are burning up in the atmosphere and meteorites if any remnants are found on the planets surface.
The streak of light created by a meteoroid entering the Earth's atmosphere is called a meteor. A meteorite is the remains of a meteoroid that did not vaporize after entering the Earth's atmosphere.
a meteor that hit Earth without burning up in the mesosphere is called meteoroid
A meteoroid is a small piece of space debris in the solar system. When a meteoroid enters the Earths atmosphere it becomes a meteor (shooting star).If the meteoroid survives the atmosphere and lands on the Earth, it becomes a meteorite.
A meteor is long streak of light that is visible when a meteoroid gets close to the sun. When a meteor goes through the atmosphere and hits the ground, it is called a meteorite.
A meteor.
They are called meteors. The particle making the bright streak of light that are known as a meteor, is a meteoroid. When it lands on the ground it is called a meteorite.
When a meteoroid enters the Earth's atmosphere, it is called a meteor. A meteor that passes through the atmosphere and strikes the ground is called a meteorite.