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Meteorites are meteors that reach the Earth's surface.

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- Meteorites are solid bodies which fall to Earth
from outer space. Pieces of rock, or mixtures of rock
and iron detach themselves from meteors and comets.
Sometimes when Earth passes through the dust cloud
remaining from a comet, for example, the objects
within this dust cloud burn in the atmosphere. They

heat up when they enter Earth's atmosphere and leave

a fine line of light in the sky. This is called a meteor.

Sometimes, when they do not burn completely, mete-

ors strike the Earth. These meteors that reach Earth

are called aerolites or meteorites.