A solid fragment of some planetary body that has passed through the Earth's atmosphere and landed intact on its surface
a stony or metallic mass of matter that has fallen to the earth's surface from outer space - BACK>>
An extraterrestrial rock that has fallen to Earth Most meteorites are pieces of asteroids and are of stony, stony-iron, or iron composition
Sometimes, meteoroids from space survive the trip through the atmosphere and land on the Earth If they do, they are called meteorites They can be stony or metallic (mostly iron and nickel)
A meteor that is large enough to survive its passage through the atmosphere and hit the ground as a mass of metal or stone
A natural object of extraterrestrial origin that survives passage through the atmosphere
Any piece of a meteor which survives the trip through the atmosphere and hits the ground
A fragment of an asteroid or a planet that has been broken off by a collision and eventually falls on the Earth It consists of solid matter which survives the descent and lands on the Earth's surface
A meteoroid which has survived the fall through the atmosphere and lands on the Earth's surface
An object, usually a chunk or metal or rock, that survives entry through the atmosphere to reach the Earth's surface Meteors become meteorites if they reach the ground
n a metallic or stony piece of material that travels through space, survives the descent into Earth's atmosphere, and lands on Earth's surface
Any solid object from interplanetary space that has fallen to the earth's surface without being vaporized during its passage through the atmosphere
An object of extraterrestrial origin that has survived passage as a meteor through the atmosphere
Part of a meteoroid that survives travel through Earth's atmosphere to land on Earth This image of a meteorite is courtesy of NASA ARC More about meteorites