> While passing through the atmosphere, it's a meteor. Just to be an absurdly pedantic, it's actually only the flash of light that is the meteor and not the ro

> While passing through the atmosphere, it's a meteor. Just to be an absurdly pedantic, it's actually only the flash of light that is the meteor and not the rock itself. http://hubblesite.org/reference_desk/faq/answer.php.id=22&cat=solarsystem http://hubblesite.org/reference_desk/faq/answer.php.id=22&ca...