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what is the main difference between a meteor, meteorite, and meteoroid
how big they are
where they are found
what they are made of
A meteoroid is a small rocky or metallic body in space. A meteor is the visible streak of light (shooting star) when a meteoroid enters Earth's atmosphere and burns up. A meteorite is a meteoroid that survives the passage through the atmosphere and lands on Earth's surface. The main difference lies in their location: meteoroids are in space, meteors are in the atmosphere, and meteorites are on Earth's surface. So the key difference is where they are found.
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B. Where they are found