Since these remains or remnants are not specified and are called Allende Meteorites. Now, all these Meteoroids didn’t burn and appeared as Meteors, a few of them made their way along the Earth’s atmosphere and hit the ground. So, basically, a meteroid is a huge ball equal to the size of a car that transforms into a huge hot ball by its resistance with the air and this huge burning ball is a Meteor that breaks into pieces, and the pieces that actually reach the Earth’s surface are called Meteorites. You can look at the image below to showcase pieces of meteoroids falling on the Earth’s surface: Now, what happened next is, this huge ball didn’t burn the Earth atmosphere (in simple terms, it didn’t cause global warming), it actually, exploded into pieces just like you burn a cracker for a festival celebration and it breaks into pieces, as you can see in the image below: The pieces that reach the Earth’s surface are called meteorites. So, a meteoroid is a huge ball equal to the size of the car that transforms into a huge hot ball by its resistance with the air and this huge burning ball is a meteor that breaks into pieces. Now, this fireball, as you can see across the sky during nights looked like a ‘Meteor’ is called ‘Meteoroid’. In February 1969, when this meteoroid hit the Earth’s atmosphere at pace, because of the friction between it and the air, the meteoroid started looking like a fireball, as we can see in the image below:Īnd this fireball or hot ball seemed like a brightening ball descending the sky. Meteoroids are smaller than asteroids and comets they orbit the Sun and fall at a minimum speed of 25,000 miles per hour. If we go back to the history of the light burst show in Mexico, in the year 1969, an object equivalent to the size of a car started flying in space, and that object was meteoroid. The light shows we see in the sky are because of the small rocky particles these rocky particles are called meteoroids.Ī big spot of light descending quickly in a straight line is called Meteor.Ī rocky particle that takes a long trip and hits the Earth’s surface is called Meteorite.ĭifference Between a Meteor and MeteoriteĪ meteoroid is a huge ball equal to the size of the car that transforms into a huge hot ball by its resistance to the air and this huge burning ball is a Meteor that breaks into pieces, the pieces that reach the Earth’s surface are called Meteorites. In this article, we will understand what are Meteoroids, Meteors, and Meteorites and find the difference among these.Ĭompare and Contrast Meteoroids Meteors and Meteorites So, are Meteors, Meteoroids, and Meteorites the same? No, they are not however, they’re closely related. There are many other kinds of objects like dust particles, rocky particles that travel in space or hit the Earth’s atmosphere viz: Meteorites, Meteoroids. In the year 1969, a celestial light show burst through the sky over Chihuahua, Mexico those light bursts are called Meteors.Īs we said that light bursts are Meteors, so are they called Meteorites or Meteoroids? No, they are not.
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