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What is the differences between a meteor meteroriods and a meteorites?
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What is the mean density of a meteor?
They're probably all slightly different, but the various classes of meteorites will have different densities. Most of them are stony meteorites, but a few are metallic, and some are chondrites.
Are there meteorites on the moon?
yes. The craters you see with the naked eye looking at the moon are from meteors striking the moon. meteorites are what is left of a meteor that has already struck a large body (such as a planet or moon)
Meteors that reach the earths surface are called?
A meteor IS a what you call a body of matter when it enters earth's atmosphere. A meteoroid is what you call a body of matter in space that hasn't entered earth's atmosphere. Source: Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/meteor
What meteor inthe outer space?
If it's big, its an asteroid, if its small its a meteoroid. (But no one defines "big" or "small".
What countries have top meteor craters?
I believe there is no reason why meteorites would prefer a specific country; they should be distributed more or less randomly. So, you would expect different countries to have more or less the same amount of meteor impacts per unit area; and the largerst countries (in area) to have more meteor impacts, simply because they have a larger area.I believe there is no reason why meteorites would prefer a specific country; they should be distributed more or less randomly. So, you would expect different countries to have more or less the same amount of meteor impacts per unit area; and the largerst countries (in area) to have more meteor impacts, simply because they have a larger area.I believe there is no reason why meteorites would prefer a specific country; they should be distributed more or less randomly. So, you would expect different countries to have more or less the same amount of meteor impacts per unit area; and the largerst countries (in area) to have more meteor impacts, simply because they have a larger area.I believe there is no reason why meteorites would prefer a specific country; they should be distributed more or less randomly. So, you would expect different countries to have more or less the same amount of meteor impacts per unit area; and the largerst countries (in area) to have more meteor impacts, simply because they have a larger area.
What are the differences between meteorites meteors and meteorites?
The meteor is the streak of light in the sky; the meteorite is the rock that caused it.
What are differences between meteors meteorites and meteoroids?
The meteor is the streak of light in the sky; the meteorite is the rock that caused it.
What are the differences betweens meteoroids meteors and meteorites?
The meteor is the streak of light in the sky; the meteorite is the rock that caused it.
The suffix Meteor?
The suffix "meteor" is typically used to indicate a connection to meteors or meteorites, such as in the words "meteoric" (resembling a meteor) or "meteorite" (a fragment of a meteor).
In meteor showers can meteoroids come to earth?
Yes. That is what meteorites are.
What makes meteor impact happen?
Meteorites hitting the Earth.
How does a meteor's name change as it moves from space to our atmosphere and lands on earth?
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What is a comet that broke into Earths atmosphere?
I assume you mean "Meteor" and "Meteorites"
What is a rock from space that hits earth called?
asteroid
What are the three main classifications meteorites?
Meteoroids, Meteor, Meteorites 1. Meteoroids- rock fragments travelling in space 2. Meteor- a meteoroid that passes through the Earth's atmosphere and produces a bright flash in the sky 3. Meteorites- meteors that have reached the Earth's surface or the ground
A meteor that has hit the earth?
Once it hits the Earth, we call the pieces "meteorites".
Other members of the solar system?
asteroids comets meteoroids meteor meteorites
