[jla]

A meteorite is a meteor that survives the trip and hits the ground.

If a "meteor" is the "path" it had taken then how can the above statement be accurate?

I ask in earnest, I realize that you know far more than I regarding anything astronomically related.

[Star Traveler]

You were saying ...

If a "meteor" is the "path" it had taken then how can the above statement be accurate?

I ask in earnest, I realize that you know far more than I regarding anything astronomically related.

It's easy... it's "one rock" -- in "three places" -- and in each place it has a different name... :-)

Meteoroid, meteor and meteorite... simple, eh?

[Of course, that assumes that it makes it all the way to the ground... :-) ...]

[Izzy Dunne]

If a "meteor" is the "path" it had taken then how can the above statement be accurate?

It is not - I corrected my misstatement in Post 50

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Because of his handle?