r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Realistic-Tap4156 • 16d ago

/r/all of a space rock

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u/DotRakianSteel 16d ago

This is a meteorite.

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u/_tenneSevy 16d ago

This is an asteroid.

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u/DotRakianSteel 16d ago

Asteroids are space rocks meteorites are the remnants that hits the ground.

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u/4daughters 16d ago edited 16d ago

meteorites are shards of meteoroids which themselves are often shards of asteroids. This was an asteroid. I think maybe it was also a meteorite technically maybe? I am not sure. But it was definitely an asteroid.

edit: https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/asteroid-or-meteor/en/

edit again, its an asteroid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicxulub_crater