meteorites


Objects from outside the Earth that enter the Earth's field of gravitation and fall to the Earth's surface. Meteors, on the other hand, are objects from space that burn up in the Earth's atmosphere.

Notes for meteorites

Meteorites are bodies that are left over from the time when the planets formed, and therefore give us clues about the formation of the solar system.

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