2007-01-13 11:46:26 · 5 answers · asked by gabby girl 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Meteoroid: It's in outer space.
Meteor: It's in within Earth's atmosphere.
Meteorite: It is on Earth's surface.
2007-01-13 11:56:29 · answer #1 · answered by nomad 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A meteoroid is a small rock in space, much smaller than an asteroid. A meteorite is a piece of space rock that has fallen to the surface of a planet or moon. A meteor is the flash of light you can see on Earth when a meteoroid enter's the atmosphere and starts to burn up. If any of the meteoroid is left after it passes through the atmosphere, it lands and becomes a meteorite.
2007-01-13 19:54:54 · answer #2 · answered by DavidK93 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A meteoroid is a relatively small (sand- to boulder-sized) fragment of debris in the Solar System (its an object in space).
A meteor is a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere
If a meteor survives its transit of the atmosphere to come to rest on the Earth's surface, the resulting object is called a meteorite
2007-01-13 19:54:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
A meteoroid is a small particle (larger than an atom but smaller than an asteroid) traveling in space. When it meets our atmosphere you see a meteor as a flash of light (sometimes called a shooting star). If survives the heat of traveling through our atmosphere and lands on the planet's surface, it is a meteorite.
2007-01-13 20:16:04 · answer #4 · answered by Dr. Nightcall 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
meteoroid any of the small bodies, often remnants of comets, traveling through space: when such a body enters the earth's atmosphere it is heated to luminosity and becomes a meteor.
meterorite is a stony or metallic mass of matter that has fallen to the earth's surface from outer space.
2007-01-13 19:55:10 · answer #5 · answered by italianwiseass13 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋