A meteor is a "shooting star" -- a piece of space rock that enters Earth's atmosphere. If part of it reaches the surface, it is called a meteorite.
While out in space, mostly orbiting the Sun, the same type of rock is called a meteoroid. However, the larger chunks of rock and ice are called asteroids.
No, some are in the same orbit as Jupiter, some are in the inner solar system, near and between the orbits of the planets (even though no asteroids were ever discovered inside the orbit of Mercury) There are even asteroids beyond the orbit of Jupiter.
An asteroid is a small, rocky body orbiting the Sun. A comet is a ball of ice and dust which spends most of its time far out on the edges of the solar system, but occasionally approaches near to the Sun, when parts of it vaporize, giving rise to the famous 'tail'. Meteoroids, meteors and meteorites are basically the same thing. Meteoroids are rocks, smaller than the asteroids, which orbit the Sun. If the Earth in its orbit encounters one and it falls through our atmosphere, it gets very hot and leaves a glowing trail in the sky. This is a meteor (sometimes, inaccurately, called a shooting star or falling star). Most meteors burn up in this process, but some are big enough that their remains hit the ground. These are meteorites.
Asteroids
Between Mars and Jupiter is an asteroid belt.
Asteroids
Between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter is the asteroid belt, which contains the bulk of the solar system's asteroids. Where there are asteroids the are undoubtedly meteoroids.
Their definitions overlap a lot, but to keep it simple, meteoroid small, asteroid big.
Asteroids are "large" lumps of rock whereas meteoroids are small particles, either grains of dust or boulder sized lumps of material.
In theory asteroids and meteorites are made of the same basic elements; it's just that asteroids are much much bigger than meteorites. Asteroid are bigger in size an meteroites are reletively smaller than asteroids in my opinion, but meteroites can be very big to, but most of them are usually small and have no effect.
guess wut comets have 3 parts the head [nucleus] and the tail obviously but the third is the coma that holds the gasses that make the tail meteors are and can become meteors meteorites and meteoroids meteors are passing through our atmosphere meteroids are meteors in space meteorites have hit earth asteroids are basically meteors that have reached 6 miles wide 3 of the biggest ones are considered dwarf planets ceres [eris] vesta and sedan
A meteorite is a natural object originating in outer space that survives impact with the Earth's surface. A meteorite's size can range from small to extremely large. Most meteorites come from small astronomical objects called meteoroids, but they are also sometimes produced by impacts of asteroids.
The meteor is the streak of light in the sky; the meteorite is the rock that caused it.
Comets : mostly ice & are often in very distant elliptical orbits. Meteoroids and asteroids are usually rocky and/or metallic, asteroids are found in the asteroid belt (between Mars & Jupiter).
The main difference between an asteroid and a meteoroid is size. Asteroids are larger objects, typically measuring more than 10 meters in diameter, while meteoroids are smaller, ranging from a few meters down to dust-sized particles. Additionally, asteroids are usually found in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, while meteoroids can be found in various places, including the asteroid belt, as well as comets or other sources.
A meteoroid is a small rocky or metallic body in outer space. Meteoroids can come from various sources, but the options are limited by your question. Assuming you're asking about sources that are not typical for meteoroids, the answer would be: Planets: Planets are not a source of meteoroids. Meteoroids are usually fragments of comets or asteroids. They can also be generated from collisions between larger bodies in space. Planets are much larger objects and don't typically break apart to become meteoroids. The common sources of meteoroids are comets and asteroids. When comets get close to the Sun, they release dust and gas, creating a debris trail. If Earth passes through this trail, the debris can enter our atmosphere and create meteor showers. Similarly, asteroids can collide or break apart due to various factors, leading to the creation of meteoroids.
Moons always orbit planets unlike meteorites which orbit stars.
asteroids which have some kind of difference are known as differentiated asteroids and vice versa