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OCR: MET EO R term used to refer to all meteoric bodies including meteors and meteori ites Meteor: body from space ranging in size from dust particle to very large rock which enters the Earth's atmosphere light trail (or shooting star) created by the meteor vaporizes Meteorite: part of meteor that reaches the Earth's surface without being vaporized. Larger meteorites produce craters upor impacting land Meteorites are classified as stony (aerolites), iron (siderites), or mixture of tone and'iron. METEOROI Jand