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By virtue that a meteor is a meteoroid that is burning up in the Earths atmosphere due to friction, then the answer is yes.
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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.
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Sometimes it is called a "shooting star" but the stream of light is just the meteoroid burning up and parts of it break off.
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By virtue that a meteor is a meteoroid that is burning up in the Earths atmosphere due to friction, then the answer is yes.
a meteor that hit Earth without burning up in the mesosphere is called meteoroid
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.
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A meteoroid is a sand to boulder sized particle of space debris.When a meteoroid enters the Earths atmosphere it then becomes a meteor.