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[[File:Namibie Hoba Meteorite 05.JPG|thumb|The 60-[[tonne]], {{cvt|2.7|m|ft|adj=mid|-long}} [[Hoba meteorite]] in Namibia is the largest known intact meteorite.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Meteorites and their parent planets |last=McSween |first= Harry |author-link=Harry McSween |date=1999 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-58303-9 |edition=2nd |location=Cambridge |oclc=39210190}}</ref>]] |
[[File:Namibie Hoba Meteorite 05.JPG|thumb|The 60-[[tonne]], {{cvt|2.7|m|ft|adj=mid|-long}} long [[Hoba meteorite]] in Namibia is the largest known intact meteorite.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Meteorites and their parent planets |last=McSween |first= Harry |author-link=Harry McSween |date=1999 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-58303-9 |edition=2nd |location=Cambridge |oclc=39210190}}</ref>]] |
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A '''meteorite''' is a [[Rock (geology)|rock]] that originated in [[outer space]] and has fallen to the surface of a planet or [[Natural satellite|moon]]. When the original object enters the atmosphere, various factors such as [[friction]], pressure, and chemical interactions with the atmospheric gases cause it to heat up and radiate energy. It then becomes a [[meteor]] and forms a [[Meteoroid#Fireball|fireball]], also known as a shooting star; astronomers call the brightest examples "[[Bolide#Astronomy|bolides]]". Once it settles on the larger body's surface, the meteor becomes a meteorite. Meteorites vary greatly in size. For geologists, a bolide is a meteorite large enough to create an [[impact crater]].<ref name="WoodsHoleUSGS">{{citation |mode=cs1 |author=C. Wylie Poag |url=https://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/epubs/bolide/introduction.html |section=Introduction: What is a Bolide? |title=The Chesapeake Bay Bolide: Modern Consequences of an Ancient Cataclysm |date=1 April 1998 |publisher=US Geological Survey, Woods Hole Field Center |access-date=16 September 2011 |archive-date=5 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905043743/http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/epubs/bolide/introduction.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |
A '''meteorite''' is a [[Rock (geology)|rock]] that originated in [[outer space]] and has fallen to the surface of a planet or [[Natural satellite|moon]]. When the original object enters the atmosphere, various factors such as [[friction]], pressure, and chemical interactions with the atmospheric gases cause it to heat up and radiate energy. It then becomes a [[meteor]] and forms a [[Meteoroid#Fireball|fireball]], also known as a shooting star; astronomers call the brightest examples "[[Bolide#Astronomy|bolides]]". Once it settles on the larger body's surface, the meteor becomes a meteorite. Meteorites vary greatly in size. For geologists, a bolide is a meteorite large enough to create an [[impact crater]].<ref name="WoodsHoleUSGS">{{citation |mode=cs1 |author=C. Wylie Poag |url=https://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/epubs/bolide/introduction.html |section=Introduction: What is a Bolide? |title=The Chesapeake Bay Bolide: Modern Consequences of an Ancient Cataclysm |date=1 April 1998 |publisher=US Geological Survey, Woods Hole Field Center |access-date=16 September 2011 |archive-date=5 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905043743/http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/epubs/bolide/introduction.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |