(April 23, 2014 at 2:42 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:(April 23, 2014 at 2:14 pm)Chuck Wrote: It is only a meteor when it is in the air. The moment it touches ground it is meteorite.
Were I a pedant, I might suggest that meteorites are what are found after the impact event.
But I'm not, so I won't.
Were I a pedant, I might suggest that meteors are what passes through the air before an impact event.
But I'm not, so I won't.