Meteorites For The Beginner - By: David Spates, 2009-04-26

A meteorite by definition is a foreign rock that is not from our earth that makes it to earth, meaning that it does not burn up in the earths atmosphere. Rocks that are zooming around in space are called meteoroids, when the meteoroid enters the atmosphere of the earth it begins to glow and burn up, and then it is known as a meteor.

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