[Arlis]

Hey, Cajun....luvyabro, but pull out your dictionary.....

What you saw was not a meteor, but a meteorite - or satellite debris falling back to earth........

old Science teacher......

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

A meteoroid is a sand- to boulder-sized particle of debris in the Solar System. The visible path of a meteoroid that enters Earth's (or another body's) atmosphere is called a meteor, or colloquially a shooting star or falling star. If a meteoroid reaches the ground and survives impact, then it is called a meteorite.

[The Cajun]

Hey bro, back at ya.
Believe ya got that backasswards, meteor is the term used when they are still in the atmosphere, meteorite is the term used once the have crashed into the earth, meteoroid is the term used when they are still in space and not in the atmosphere.

Might be a dumb coon-ass, but got my eors, rites and oids all figured out...........Know what I mean?
Hope you didn't teach too many kids backasswards stuff..........Know what I mean?