{"id":1324,"date":"2013-03-24T04:56:44","date_gmt":"2013-03-24T04:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1324"},"modified":"2013-03-24T04:56:44","modified_gmt":"2013-03-24T04:56:44","slug":"meteor-terminology-defined-infographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1324","title":{"rendered":"Meteor terminology defined – infographic"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0American Meteor Society<\/a> provides a nice infographic<\/a> that explains what words like meteor, meteorite, meteoroid, bolide, etc. really mean: Meteor Terminology – American Meteor Society<\/a> –<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0American Meteor Society provides a nice infographic that explains what words like meteor, meteorite, meteoroid, bolide, etc. really mean: Meteor Terminology – American Meteor Society –<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-space-science"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-lm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1302,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1302","url_meta":{"origin":1324,"position":0},"title":"Bright fireball meteor seen over much of the US East Coast","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 23, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"A large bright meteor over the US East Coast on Friday evening got lots of attention: Reports about East Coast meteor flood in, setting off a media scramble - Cosmic Log Meteor Spotted In DC Area Skies on Friday Evening - wusa9.com Eastern USA Fireball March 22, 2013 - American\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Astronomy"","block_context":{"text":"Astronomy","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=12"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/U6_FVe1QyJw\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":678,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=678","url_meta":{"origin":1324,"position":1},"title":"More on Asteroid 2014 DA14 and the Chelyabinsk meteor","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 16, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"NASA's Asteroids and Comets web site has a lot of good info about both the flyby of asteroid 2012 DA14 and the meteor fireball over central Russian. * NASA - Asteroid 2012 DA14 as Seen from Siding Spring, Australia: * Near-Earth Asteroid Makes Preview Appearance -\u00a0 a report and another\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Astronomy"","block_context":{"text":"Astronomy","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=12"},"img":{"alt_text":"728241main_pia16737-226[1]","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/728241main_pia16737-2261.gif?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7891,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7891","url_meta":{"origin":1324,"position":2},"title":"Meteor shower expected to light up the sky tonight over North America","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"There's a good chance, but no guarantee, of a strong meteor shower tonight over North America. 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