• Question: What is a difference between a meteoroid and a meteorite

    Asked by to Daren, Lynne, Phillip, Simon on 17 Jun 2014. This question was also asked by .
    • Photo: Phillip Manning

      Phillip Manning answered on 17 Jun 2014:

      Meteoroid is still in space. It becomes a meteorite when it makes it through the Earths atmosphere to the earths surface.

    • Photo: Daren Fearon

      Daren Fearon answered on 17 Jun 2014:

      3 letters. 😛

    • Photo: Simon Redfern

      Simon Redfern answered on 17 Jun 2014:

      Phil has given the answer. And when it is a shooting star going through the atmosphere it is called a “meteor”. I have written some articles for the press from time to time, and there I would only be allowed to call these things “space rocks”!

    • Photo: Lynne Thomas

      Lynne Thomas answered on 17 Jun 2014:

      Good question! I’m learning lots I didn’t know as well!

    • Photo: anon

      anon answered on 18 Jun 2014:

      Phillip is teaching me things too!

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