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A meteorite is a natural object originating in outer space that survives impact with the Earth's surface. A meteorite's size can range from small to extremely large. Most meteorites derive from small astronomical objects called meteoroids, but they are also sometimes produced by impacts of asteroids. When a meteoroid enters the atmosphere, frictional, pressure, and chemical interactions with the atmospheric gasses cause the body to heat up and emit light, thus forming a fireball, also known as a meteor or shooting/falling star. The term bolide refers to either an extraterrestrial body that collides with the Earth, or to an exceptionally bright, fireball-like meteor regardless of whether it ultimately impacts the surface.
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- Related: Atmospheric focusing, Baetylus, Carbonaceous chondrite, Carbonado, Center for Meteorite Studies, Geminids, Impact depth, Impact event, Lake Siljan, Leonids, Meteor shower, Meteorite classification, Meteoritical Society, Near Earth Object, Solar System, Temagami Magnetic Anomaly, Vatican Observatory
| Meteoroids Page Meteoroids Page solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Meteors - Web |
| Current meteorite news articles Current meteorite news articles www.meteorite.com/news/index.htm - Web |
| International Meteorite Collectors Association International Meteorite Collectors Association www.imca.cc - Web |
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| Planetary Science Research Discoveries: meteorite ... Planetary Science Research Discoveries: meteorite articles and photographs www.psrd.hawaii.edu - Web |
| The British and Irish Meteorite Society The British and Irish Meteorite Society www.bimsociety.org - Web |
| Types of extraterrestrial material available for s... Types of extraterrestrial material available for study www.lpi.usra.edu/books/MESSII/9002.pdf - Web |
| The Natural History Museum's meteorite catalogue d... The Natural History Museum's meteorite catalogue database www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/metcat/ - Web |
| Meteoritical Society Meteoritical Society www.meteoriticalsociety.org - Web |
| Earth Impact Database Earth Impact Database www.unb.ca/passc/ImpactDatabase/ - Web |
