Meteors and meteorites are also called shooting star.
Meteors and fragments of rocks coming towards the earth, formed due to the collision of asteroids with one another.
Meteors usually small, and due to the heat produced by air resistance, burn up before they reach the earth’s surface.
When meteors are large and do not burn up completely, they land on the earth’s surface and are known as meteorites.
All meteorites are believed to originate in the asteroid belt, where a sudden collision may send them towards the earth and the earth’s gravity attracts them towards its surface.
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