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Meteoroid

A hunk of rock/metal floating in our solar system.

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Meteorite

When a hunk of space rock/metal strikes the earth's surface.

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Meteor/Shooting Star

When a meteoroid enters earth´s atmosphere, friction causes them to burn up, producing a streak of light

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Types of Meteorites

Iron, Stony Iron and Stony

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Asteroid

An irregularly shaped rocky object in space( like a space potato ) larger than meteoroids

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Comets

Bodies in space made up of ice, dust, small gritty particles sometimes called ¨dirty snowballs¨