Was it an asteroid or meteor which hit Siberia in 1908, flattening a huge area? Which fortunately was virtually uninhabited . The same over New York or LA and millions would be killed.
Asteroids orbit the sun
If they get dragged into the earth’s orbit they become meteors
A meteor that strikes the earth is a meteorite
Some people call asteroids which orbit close enough to possibly become a meteor ....meteoroids
Scientists love nomenclature