Meteor Moment: Is it a Meteor, Meteoroid or Meteorite?
Dr. Bill Cooke, of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office, explains the differences between a meteor, a meteoroid and a meteorite.
NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office (MEO) is the NASA organization responsible for meteoroid environments pertaining to spacecraft engineering and operations. The MEO leads NASA technical work on the meteoroid environment and coordinates the existing meteoroid expertise at NASA centers. The team is located at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
To learn more about NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office, please visit: http://www.nasa.gov/offices/meo/home/
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