| A meteoroid is much like an asteroid, its only distinction being size. |
| An extremely bright meteoroid larger than a few centimetres in diameter entering our atmosphere is rare and is called a fireball. |
| The meteoroid exploded in a flash of light, and the cloud trail that it left behind stretched across the sky. |
| Once the meteoroid enters the Earth's atmosphere, we call it a meteorite. |
| A fragment of a meteoroid which survives entry into the Earth's atmosphere is called a meteorite. |
| In that narrower meaning, meteoroid is usually linked with the terms meteor, meteorite, or both. |
