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... :-) ...]
Take a look at that definition of “meteor” in post #59... :-) [click the link...]