Assertion: meteorite | /r/HasProperty | meteoroid
Facets:
value: really
type: DEGREE
value: all once
type: TEMPORAL
value: before its impact
type: TEMPORAL
value: essentially
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Meteorite, any fairly small natural object from interplanetary space—i.e., a meteoroid—that survives its passage through Earth’s atmosphere and lands on the surface.
text: A meteorite is a meteor that has fallen to Earth.
text: Meteorites & Previous: Chapter 3: Meteorites &
text: As mentioned earlier, it can already be called a meteorite if a meteor enters the Earth’s atmosphere, and then hits the ground.
text: It is called a meteoroid before its impact.
text: Meteorite - is a meteoroid that has survived entry through the atmosphere and reached the Earths surface.
text: A meteorite is a meteoroid that has struck the Earth.
text: A meteorite is a meteoroid large enough to survive the fall to Earth's surface.
text: A meteorite is a meteoroid that reaches the surface of the Earth without being completely vaporized.
text: Meteorite is a meteoroid until it comes into the atmosphere, and only becomes a meteorite after it hits the earth.
text: Meteorites that are essentially meteoroids can also originate from our Moon and are known as Lunar Meteorites.
text: The Key difference between meteor and meteorite is Meteors are the light gates that occur when pieces of matter (meteoroids) enter the atmosphere, while meteorites are meteoroids that do not disintegrate in the atmosphere and make an impact on the surface.
text: So, these meteorites were all once meteoroids, or were part of a larger asteroid, but some meteorites were once part of much, much larger, and far more famous objects, as Nicklin discusses here.
text: If you're lucky enough to spot a meteorite (a meteor that makes it all the way to the ground), and see where it hits, it's easy to think you just saw a star "fall.
text: Meteors are debris considered to be part of the Solar System, and they can either burn up, hit the ground or deflect off the Earth’s atmosphere; while meteorites are meteors which hit the surface of the Earth after their flight.
text: Before they were meteors, they were meteoroid s.
text: The site is erroneously named Meteor Crater (craters are formed by meteorites, not meteors) and is generally regarded as the best preserved impact site on earth.
text: Meteorites are meteors that reach the earth's surface.
text: Before they were meteorites, the rocks were meteor s.
text: 56 Many-to-most rocks sold over the Internet as meteorites really are meteorites; some are not.