What Is the Difference Between a Meteor and a Meteorite?

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1. Meteors flash like fireflies in the sky when they burn up in Earth’s atmosphere.
2. A meteorite is a space rock that falls to Earth after surviving its journey through the air.
3. If you find a shiny rock on the ground, it might be a meteorite, not just a regular stone.

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See also

• What Is the Difference Between a Meteor, a Meteoroid, and a Meteorite?
• What If We Lived on a Planet That Spins Backward?
• Why Do Planets Have Rings?
• How do scientists find planets orbiting distant stars?
• How Do Stars Die in Space?

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