Meteor Terminology

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Have you ever wondered what’s the difference between a meteor and a meteorite or an asteroid, meteoroid or comet? Here are the answers to all your questions regarding Meteor Terminology.

Ams Meteor Terminology Meteor Terminology: Comet, Asteroid, Meteroid, Meteor, Meteorite, Fireball and Bolid

Vincent Perlerin

Vincent Perlerin

Vincent Perlerin, PhD used to be a researcher in Computational Linguistics. He is now a software developer, a web designer, a community manager, an illustrator and many other things. He is working on the American Meteor Society under the supervision of Mike Hankey. Vincent is the lead developer of all the AMS projects. He's also the lead developer of the International Meteor Organization Website and the IMO online Databases management system.

11 comments

  • Robert J. Trembley 12 years ago

    Great graphic. Suggestion: Comet’s are not necessarily “small”; they are asteroid-sized bodies. When they exhaust their volatiles, they WILL be asteroids.

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  • Rhonda 12 years ago

    I just came from a home near locust grove Ohio in Adams county (southern Ohio) and a home was hit Friday night bu a meteor or fireball and the home caught fire. The elderly residents died from smoke inhalation. We met their daughter and son as we entered. Just seems like a freak accident

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  • divyesh 12 years ago

    I love cosmos or space science and I find here great knowledge about our solar system objects.

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  • Ahmad M. 12 years ago

    Thank’s sharing this knowledge for meteor terminology.
    So me and my friend can identification if we meet this.

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