Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoComet fragment lights up sky over Spain and Portugal 'like a movie'www.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up146arrow-down1external-linkComet fragment lights up sky over Spain and Portugal 'like a movie'www.reuters.comFlying Squid@lemmy.worldM to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square2fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareharmless64@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoWhat is the difference between “small piece of comet” and a meteorite? I thought meteor showers are caused when Earth travels through the trail of a comet so I don’t fully understand why the correction was posted by ESA?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoComets are mostly ice and meteors are mostly rock.
What is the difference between “small piece of comet” and a meteorite? I thought meteor showers are caused when Earth travels through the trail of a comet so I don’t fully understand why the correction was posted by ESA?
Comets are mostly ice and meteors are mostly rock.