SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -Sometimes meteoroids don’t vaporize completely in the atmosphere. In fact, sometimes they survive their trip through Earth’s atmosphere and land on the Earth’s surface. When they land on Earth, they are called meteorites.

Detailed explanation-2: -When a meteoroid enters Earth’s upper atmosphere, it heats up due to friction from the air. The heat causes gases around the meteoroid to glow brightly, and a meteor appears. Meteors are often referred to as shooting stars or falling stars because of the bright tail of light they create as they pass through the sky.

Detailed explanation-3: -Meteoroids are lumps of rock or iron that orbit the sun, just as planets, asteroids, and comets do. Meteoroids, especially the tiny particles called micrometeoroids, are extremely common throughout the solar system.

Detailed explanation-4: -It turns out that it’s all about their location: Meteoroids are far up in the sky. Meteorites have already landed on Earth. Meteors are falling down to Earth streaking light when they break down in the atmosphere.

Detailed explanation-5: -Meteoroids that land on the surface of the Earth are called meteorites.