To: conservativeharleyguy
Wrong.
A meteoroid is a piece of debris in space.
A meteor is the path it takes as it travels through the atmosphere.
A meteorite is a meteor that survives the trip and hits the ground.
32 posted on
02/03/2010 12:18:56 PM PST by
Izzy Dunne
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To: Izzy Dunne; conservativeharleyguy
You were saying ...
A meteoroid is a piece of debris in space.
A meteor is the path it takes as it travels through the atmosphere.
A meteorite is a meteor that survives the trip and hits the ground.
You are absolutley correct... :-)
40 posted on
02/03/2010 12:22:59 PM PST by
Star Traveler
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To: Izzy Dunne
A meteor is the path it takes as it travels through the atmosphere.
Not really. A meteor is the tangible thing that follows the path, or is the visually observable phenomenon.
74 posted on
02/03/2010 1:34:30 PM PST by
Atlas Sneezed
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