Month: July 2025

CHONDRITES – Primitive stony meteorites containing small spherical structures called chondrules.

STONY-IRON METEORITES – Rare meteorites containing both rock and metal.

STONY METEORITES – The most common type, made of silicate rocks.

IRON METEORITES – Meteorites primarily made of iron and nickel, dense and metallic.

BOLIDE – A very bright meteor that may explode in the atmosphere.

FIREBALL – An exceptionally bright meteor that can light up the sky.

METEORITE – A fragment of a meteoroid that survives its fall and reaches Earth’s surface.

METEOR – The light streak seen when a meteoroid burns in Earth’s atmosphere, also called a “shooting star.”

METEOROID – A small particle from an asteroid or comet traveling through space.