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The last I heard a meteor is a flash of light caused by a meteorite interacting with the atmosphere. Is this distinction, like 'lecturn', now dead?
by shellback3 4mo ago
The last I heard a meteor is a flash of light caused by a meteorite interacting with the atmosphere. Is this distinction, like 'lecturn', now dead?
- fhdkweig 4mo agoMy understanding of the terminology is that: Meteor is a rock in space or in the atmosphere. Meteorite is the rock after it touches the ground. Falling/shooting star is the flash of light. I have never heard of meteor being the flash of light.