Meteoroids, Meteorites, Fireballs - What's the Difference?

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NASA's Bill Cooke, lead of the Meteoroid Environment Office, has always enjoyed watching the skies and eagerly shares his knowledge of astrophysics with new audiences. Last summer Cooke spoke about the basics of the meteoroid environment with teachers at an educator's workshop in Huntsville, Ala. In this video he explains the subtle differences between meteoroids, meteorites and fireballs.

Published 2014-03-05 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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