Flying SquidM to World NewsEnglish • 6 months agoComet fragment lights up sky over Spain and Portugal 'like a movie'www.reuters.commessage-square2arrow-up147arrow-down11file-text
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•6 months agoWhat is the difference between “small piece of comet” and a meteorite? I thought meteor showers are caused when Earth travels through the trail of a comet so I don’t fully understand why the correction was posted by ESA?
minus-squareFlying SquidOPMlinkEnglish1•6 months agoComets are mostly ice and meteors are mostly rock.
What is the difference between “small piece of comet” and a meteorite? I thought meteor showers are caused when Earth travels through the trail of a comet so I don’t fully understand why the correction was posted by ESA?
Comets are mostly ice and meteors are mostly rock.