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What is a meteoroid and how does it become a meteorite
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What is a meteoroid and how does it become a meteorite

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A Meteroid is a small rocky or metallic body in outer space moving in the solar system.

It becomes a meteorite when the meteroid crosses Earth's atmosphere and reaches the surface.

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