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Meteor is seen as streak in sky
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Meteorite is a rock on the ground
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Meteoroid is a rock in space
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Meteor
showers (related to comet orbits) rarely
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produce
meteorites
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Apparently
most comet debris is small and doesn�t
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survive
reentry
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Meteorites
can be �finds� or �falls�
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For
a fall � descent actually observed and sometimes
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orbit
computed
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Most
have orbits with aphelion in asteroid belt
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