A meteor is what we call an object from space passing through earth's atmosphere... burning up from friction as it goes.
And a meteorite, like these being gathered in Antarctica, is what we call a chunk of one of these objects when it falls to earth. Millions of meteors burn up in earth's atmosphere each day... hundreds of tons of matter in all, but only a few survive to hit the surface.
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