An overview of meteorites

An overview of meteorites

A meteorite is defined as a solid body consisting of rock that formed in one of the celestial bodies of the solar system. residual from the source of these rocks; Where each of them constitutes 0.1% of the meteorites that reach the surface of the Earth, these rocks that are the source of the meteorites revolve around the sun or one of the planets of the solar system and then were attracted to the earth to fall on it by the force of its gravity, and the meteorite is subjected to slowing, heating and burning of its outer surface during It entered the Earth's atmosphere to appear during its fall in the form of a visible band of light. The meteor reaches the surface of the Earth without completely evaporating, and despite the rotation of the meteors in the orbit of the sun or one of the other celestial bodies, they are of small size relative to asteroids or celestial comets, so they are too small to be called asteroids or even comets, and meteorites differ in their sizes Where it can be a little large to reach the size of a house, or it may be space dust that is seen in the form of what is known as zodiacal light, which is the glow that appears in the form of a reflection of the sun’s rays in the zodiac,[ 1] It must be noted that the name of the meteor varies according to its location, so those small bodies that revolve around the sun and make up the meteorites are what are known as meteoroids. They are known as meteors, and if these space rocks succeed in reaching the surface of the planet, they are known as the meteorite impact.[2]