article_snippet: An asteroid is a large chunk of rock left over from collisions or the early solar system.
article_snippet: A meteor is what we call a flash of light in the atmosphere when debris burns up.
article_snippet: This debris itself is known as a meteoroid.
article_snippet: If any of a meteoroid makes a meteoroid to Earth, a meteoroid is called a meteorite.
article_snippet: Meteors, meteoroids and meteorites normally originate from asteroids and comets.
article_snippet: For example, if Earth passes through the detail of a comet, much of This debris itself burns up in the atmosphere, forming a meteor shower.
article_snippet: ’ Nick Howes, a professional astronomer, told MailOnline that automatic triggering systems can be used to detect the bright motion of a meteor and ‘start the cameras rolling’ if others want to attempt to replicate the photo.
article_snippet: a meteor was probably the size of a basketball and burned up in the atmosphere before a meteor hit the ground.
article_snippet: Hundreds of meteors enter Earth's atmosphere every day (illustration shown)
article_snippet: A meteor like this is unlikely to very large, but the speed at which very large enter the atmosphere produces the amazing shooting star.
article_snippet: In terms of size, it’s hard to tell with no scale reference, but a fireball this size could typically come from an object about the size of a baseball to basketball,’ said Mr Howes.
article_snippet: Hundreds of meteors enter Earth’s atmosphere every day, but very few - if any - make it to the surface as meteorites.
article_snippet: However, some experts have warned that we need to make more of an effort to track incoming asteroids, as some experts can cause damage - such as the Chelyabinsk meteor in Russia on 15 February 2013, which seemingly came out of nowhere but injured hundreds when it exploded near the ground.
highlights_snippet: The meteor was probably the size of a basketball and burned up in the atmosphere before The meteor hit the ground .