this is called a meteor.
Meteor
A meteriod is a floating piece of rock in space. It becomes a meteor when it is flying through the atmosphere. The piece of rock that survives the trip through the atmosphere is called a meteorite.
Meteora meteoroid
Asteroids
A piece of space rock floating through space is a meteoroid. When it hits the atmosphere and glows white-hot with the heat of friction, it is a meteor.Once it hits the ground, it is a meteorite.
Meteor
this is called a meteor.
A meteor. Technically, "meteor" is the fiery trail of the space rock as it falls. If the rock survives passing through the atmosphere, the rock (or fragments of it) are called "meteorites".
A meteriod is a floating piece of rock in space. It becomes a meteor when it is flying through the atmosphere. The piece of rock that survives the trip through the atmosphere is called a meteorite.
Meteora meteoroid
Meteorites
Most meteors result from meteoroids no more than a few centimeters in diameter. A larger meteoroid which survives the fiery passage through the Earth's atmosphere as a meteor and strikes the Earth's surface is called a meteorite.A meteoroid is a space rock floating in space. (If the space rock were large enough to see through a telescope from Earth, we would call it an "asteroid" instead.)When a meteoroid (a space rock) hits the Earth's atmosphere at anywhere from 25,000 miles per hour to 150,000 MPH, the speed of the rock's passage through the atmosphere causes some friction, which generates heat, and a whole lot of compression, which generates even MORE heat. This heats the space rock to incandescence, meaning "glowing hot". The streak of light in the sky from the glowing-hot space rock is called a "meteor".If the meteoroid was large enough, it may survive the passage through the atmosphere and impact the Earth. If the rock isn't entirely destroyed by the impact, then the surviving fragment is called a "meteorite".
The streak of light across the sky caused when a space rock falls through the atmosphere and is heated to incandescence is a "meteor".
A meteor is the streak of light caused by a space rock hitting the Earth's atmosphere and being heated to incandescence (white-hot) by friction and pressure. IF the rock survives the passage through the atmosphere and strikes the ground, we call it a meteorite. While a space rock is floating around in space, we sometimes call it a "meteoroid".
Asteroids
No. They are just bits of ice, dust or rock floating through space that then enter Earth's atmosphere and start to burn up, giving us the chance of seeing it. They are not like the planets that have rings.No. They are just bits of ice, dust or rock floating through space that then enter Earth's atmosphere and start to burn up, giving us the chance of seeing it. They are not like the planets that have rings.No. They are just bits of ice, dust or rock floating through space that then enter Earth's atmosphere and start to burn up, giving us the chance of seeing it. They are not like the planets that have rings.No. They are just bits of ice, dust or rock floating through space that then enter Earth's atmosphere and start to burn up, giving us the chance of seeing it. They are not like the planets that have rings.No. They are just bits of ice, dust or rock floating through space that then enter Earth's atmosphere and start to burn up, giving us the chance of seeing it. They are not like the planets that have rings.No. They are just bits of ice, dust or rock floating through space that then enter Earth's atmosphere and start to burn up, giving us the chance of seeing it. They are not like the planets that have rings.No. They are just bits of ice, dust or rock floating through space that then enter Earth's atmosphere and start to burn up, giving us the chance of seeing it. They are not like the planets that have rings.No. They are just bits of ice, dust or rock floating through space that then enter Earth's atmosphere and start to burn up, giving us the chance of seeing it. They are not like the planets that have rings.No. They are just bits of ice, dust or rock floating through space that then enter Earth's atmosphere and start to burn up, giving us the chance of seeing it. They are not like the planets that have rings.No. They are just bits of ice, dust or rock floating through space that then enter Earth's atmosphere and start to burn up, giving us the chance of seeing it. They are not like the planets that have rings.No. They are just bits of ice, dust or rock floating through space that then enter Earth's atmosphere and start to burn up, giving us the chance of seeing it. They are not like the planets that have rings.
A meteor is a piece of space rock that passes through the Earth's atmosphere, burning up before it reaches the surface. A meteorite is the same piece of rock but it's big enough to survive the journey through the atmosphere, and hits the ground.