SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -A meteor, sometimes called a shooting star or a falling star, is actually a space rock that is crashing through Earth’s atmosphere.

Detailed explanation-2: -Where Do Meteorites Come From? All meteorites come from inside our solar system. Most of them are fragments of asteroids that broke apart long ago in the asteroid belt, located between Mars and Jupiter.

Detailed explanation-3: -The first clear meteorite evidence came in 1959, when scientists were able to photograph an incoming meteorite with enough accuracy to calculate its orbit and determine where it originated. Since then, many other meteorites have been traced back to the asteroid belt as well.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.