Question

If you saw a shooting star and were lucky enough to see where it landed, which object could you possibly pick up from the landing site? A. meteor B. asteroid C. meteorite D. meteoroid

Answer 1

A meteor is a shooting star that is passing the atmosphere.

When the meteor goes trough the atmosphere an lands it changes into a meteorite (there is no fiscal change only on the name). 

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Answer 2

The object I could pick up from the landing site is a METEORITE (Option C).

• A meteorite can be defined as a solid piece of a celestial body (.e.,  comet, meteoroid, asteroid, etc) capable of surviving the passage through the atmosphere to reach the Earth's surface.

There are three types of meteorites:

1. iron meteorites (composed of metals)
2. stony-iron meteorites (composed of iron and silicate minerals)
3. stony meteorites (composed of silicate minerals)

• The most common meteorites are stony meteorites (composed mainly of silicate minerals).

In conclusion, the object I could pick up from the landing site is a METEORITE (Option C).

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