GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -A meteor is what happens when a meteoroid – a small piece of an asteroid or comet – burns up upon entering Earth’s atmosphere, creating a streak of light in the sky. An asteroid is a small rocky object that orbits the Sun.

Detailed explanation-2: -rocky debris from space that enters Earth’s atmosphere. Also called a shooting star or falling star. meteorite.

Detailed explanation-3: -Meteorites have traditionally been divided into three broad categories: stony meteorites are rocks, mainly composed of silicate minerals; iron meteorites that are largely composed of metallic iron-nickel; and, stony-iron meteorites that contain large amounts of both metallic and rocky material.

Detailed explanation-4: -In modern usage the term meteoroid, rather than being restricted to objects entering Earth’s atmosphere, is applied to any small object in orbit around the Sun having the same nature as those that result in meteors.