{"id":22396,"date":"2017-07-28T14:28:27","date_gmt":"2017-07-28T14:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/?p=22396"},"modified":"2017-07-28T14:28:27","modified_gmt":"2017-07-28T14:28:27","slug":"astronomy-meteor-meteoroid-and-meteorite-whats-the-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/astronomy-meteor-meteoroid-and-meteorite-whats-the-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"Astronomy: meteor, meteoroid and meteorite: what’s the difference?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tutoring science, meteors and their kin might arise. The tutor defines meteor, meteoroid, and meteorite.<\/h1>\n

A meteor<\/em> is the streak of light you might see in the sky at night, when matter travelling through space enters Earth’s atmosphere.<\/p>\n

The rock, or whatever matter arrives, is typically travelling at high speed. The air friction it encounters in the atmosphere heats it up, usually to evaporation – but not always. However, it gets so hot it glows, which is what you observe.<\/p>\n

The object itself, arriving in Earth’s atmosphere and glowing, is a meteoroid<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Any part of the meteoroid that lands on Earth’s surface becomes a meteorite<\/em>. As I understand, meteoroids rarely manage to become meteorites.<\/p>\n

hubblesite.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Jack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tutoring science, meteors and their kin might arise. The tutor defines meteor, meteoroid, and meteorite. A meteor is the streak of light you might see in the sky at night, when matter travelling through space enters Earth’s atmosphere. The rock, …<\/p>\n

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