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Meteoroids are rocky celestial bodies smaller than asteroids. These objects break away from the Sun's orbit and fall towards the Earth, becoming a meteor.
Meteors:
Meteors are tiny rocks that are found all around the solar system. The meteors enter the earth’s atmosphere at a very high speed and get heated up due to friction. This causes the majority of the object to burn up and evaporate quickly like a bright streak in a short time. These bright streaks of light, which is visible in the night sky, are called Meteors or shooting stars.
 
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Meteor
 
Meteor showers:
Sometimes, the meteors fall on Earth like a shower and are known as meteor showers. They occur at regular time intervals each year. The time of their visibility can be found through a scientific magazine.
 
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Meteor shower
Meteorites:
Sometimes, the large meteors cannot be burnt completely, and they fall on the Earth's surface. These are known as meteorites.
 
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Meteorite
 
Meteorites help scientists to understand the nature of the material from which the solar system was formed.
 
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Pictorial representation of celestial bodies
 
Important!
Every year, around \(3000\) meteorites fall on different parts of the Earth. The Hoba Meteorite in Namibia, is known as the largest discovered meteorite.
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