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Meteoroids are small moving debris in space that, when caught up in the gravity of a planet turn into meteor or meteorites. Meteoroids are the ones still in space. Asteroids are large debris in soace that are mainly found in an orbit, not moving around. The most known amount of asteroids near us is the Asteroid belt separating the terrestrial planets and the gas planets.
Asteroid - a small rocky body orbiting the sun. Large numbers of these, ranging in size from nearly 600 miles (1,000 km) across (Ceres) to dust particles, are found (as the asteroid belt) esp. between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, though some have more eccentric orbits, and a few pass close to the earth or enter the atmosphere as meteors. Meteoroid - a small body moving in the solar system that would become a meteor if it entered the earth'satmosphere.

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what is the differentiation between a meteor meteoroid and a meteorite?

a meteoroid is a rock from the size of a grain of sand to that of a boulder that is in our solar system


Is a meteoroid and a meteorite the same?

An object is called a meteorite once it has struck the ground; before that it's called a meteoroid


A rock fragment traveling in space is called a?

Its a meteoroid! or an asteroid


Are meteoroid and meteorite the same thing?

No. A meteoroid is a small piece of rock or metal in space. A meteorite is such an object that has struck Earth's surface.


Is a meteoroid smaller than a meteorite?

A meteorite by definition has reached the ground. Mist meteoroids burn up in the Earths atmosphere. Any meteorite would have been bigger as a meteoroid as the outer coating would have been burnt off during entry.


What is the difference between a meteroid and a metiorite?

one is in space and the other is the earth atmophere


After it hits earth a meteoroid is called a?

After it hits Earth, a meteoroid is called a meteor.


How do you classify a meteorite?

A meteorite is a meteoroid that has entered earth's atmosphere with out completely burning up


How are meteorite and meteoroid related to each other?

A meteoroid is a small mass of something moving through space. A meteorite is defined as a piece of such that actually lands on Earth.


What causes a meteoroid to become a meteorite?

landing on the earth


What is a meteoroid that reaches the surface of the earth is known as?

A meteorite.