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File:Meteoroid - Meteor (Bolide) - Meteorite.gif

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English: The fall of the meteoroid (The fall of the meteorite)
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Author Meteor126

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Animation of the entry of a meteoroid into Earth's atmosphere, showing how it can become a bolide (if large enough), and will typically break up when it hits the thicker atmosphere, with the pieces falling to the surface called meteorites.

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19 February 2013

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