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If a meteoroid hits earths surface it is called?
An object in space is called a meteroid. A meteroid that is in the Earth's atmophere is called a meteor. A meteor that falls to the Earth is called a meterioite.
A meteoriod that has reached earths atmosphere?
A piece of space debris that falls to earth is commonly known as a meteorite. When knocked out of orbit during collisions with other space material, meteorites can travel through the atmosphere and make landfall.
What is the difference between meteor metorite and metoroid?
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.
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 is a rock from space that strikes earths surface?
A meteoroid is a rock in space. If it strikes the earth's atmosphere, it will create a meteor, which is a streak of light in the sky. If the meteoroid was large enough, it may reach the ground. Once it has hit the ground it is called a meteorite.
What is a meteor that reaches earths surface called?
meteoroid
When a meteor reaches earths surface it is called a?
A meteorite.
What is a meteoroid that reaches earths surface with out burning up?
a meteor that hit Earth without burning up in the mesosphere is called meteoroid
When a meteor reaches earth's surface it is called?
A meteorite.
What is a meteoroid that reaches earth surface?
When a meteor reaches the Earth's surface, it is classified as a meteorite.
What is a meteor that is in space called?
A meteor in space is called a meteor. When it reaches earth its a meteorite.
What is a meteor that hits the earths surface?
a meteorite
What is a meteor that makes it to the earths surface?
A meteorite.
What is a meteor that that strikes earths surface?
Meteorite
What burns up before it hit the earths surface meteor or asteroid?
A meteor.
What are Pieces of rock that actually strike Earth's surface called?
As a rock is falling through the atmosphere, it is a meteor. When it hits the earths surface, it is a meteoroid.
What are pieces of rocks that actually strike Earth's surface are called?
As a rock is falling through the atmosphere, it is a meteor. When it hits the earths surface, it is a meteoroid.
