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Meteor is a description of the burning in the atmosphere not the object itself, which is still a meteoroid.
by aDevilInMe 13y ago
Meteor is a description of the burning in the atmosphere not the object itself, which is still a meteoroid.
- lutusp 13y ago> Meteor is a description of the burning in the atmosphere not the object itself ... Yes, fair enough. Unless the object is consumed in the process of generating the visible presentation (often true), which makes it a meteor -- or perhaps I should say "turns it into a meteor".