SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -Meteor is not a light phenomenon. Also, “chunks of rock and metal from asteroids and other planetary bodies that survive their journey through the atmosphere and fall to the ground are called meteorites". So, from my understanding, meteors become meteorite only after impact.

Detailed explanation-2: -Explanation: Statement 1 is correct: Meteoroid is a much smaller rock or rock particle from a comet or asteroid orbiting the Sun. Statement 2 is correct: Meteor-If a meteoroid enters the Earth’s atmosphere and vaporizes, it becomes a meteor, which is often called a shooting star.

Detailed explanation-3: -As that debris plunges deeper and deeper, friction with the atmosphere causes it to ablate – burning up from the outside in. This usually occurs within the mesosphere, typically at a height of about 80km. The larger the debris, or the faster it is moving, the brighter the resulting meteor.

Detailed explanation-4: -Meteor: The light phenomena which results when a meteoroid enters the Earth’s atmosphere and vaporizes; a shooting star.

Detailed explanation-5: -A meteor shower is a celestial event in which a number of meteors are observed to radiate, or originate, from one point in the night sky. These meteors are caused by streams of cosmic debris called meteoroids entering Earth’s atmosphere at extremely high speeds on parallel trajectories.