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This chapter briefl y discusses the process in which a meteoroid in space encounters Earth’s atmosphere and becomes visible as a meteor. Should the meteor survive the plunge through the atmosphere it then encounters Earth’s surface as a meteorite.
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Springer New York. (2009). An Introduction to Meteorics. In: Lunsford, R. (eds) Meteors and How to Observe Them. Astronomers’ Observing Guides. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09461-8_1
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