Space hazards
Posted: December 14, 2011 Filed under: Bill and Ben the little green alien men | Tags: alien, Ben, cartoon, comic, funny, hazard, humor, humour, meteorite, meteoroid, outside the box, space Leave a comment
You can impress your friends and family tonight with this little quiz. Did you know there’s a difference between a meteoroid, meteor and meteorite?
A meteoroid is interplanetary matter within our solar system. (Basically, it’s a bit of ‘rock’ that’s come off an asteroid or comet)
A meteor is a metereoid which enters the earth’s atmosphere and burns on entry – a shooting star.
A meteorite is a meteoroid which has survived its journey through the earth’s atmosphere and crashes to earth.
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