Fun question! In the office working on this Saturday evening and thankful for
this distraction ;-) I'm going to go with what you've surmised: "meteoroid"
until striking Earth's surface. all best / d
On Jan 15, 2011, at 6:13 PM, Walter Branch wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> The term "meteor" refers to the light phenomenon as an object from space
> enters the Earth's atmosphere. What is the proper term for the object itself?
>
> A meteoroid is an object in space. Is it still called a meteoroid when it
> enters the Earth's atmosphere?
>
> -Walter
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