Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoComet fragment lights up sky over Spain and Portugal 'like a movie'www.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up139arrow-down1external-linkComet fragment lights up sky over Spain and Portugal 'like a movie'www.reuters.comFlying Squid@lemmy.worldM to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square1fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareharmless64@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 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?
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?