Orange County Mineral Society, Inc.

A Non-Profit Organization Established in 1953 In Orange County, New York

Meteorites and Asteroids

An asteroid is a small rocky object that orbits the Sun. Asteroids are smaller than a planet, but they are larger than the pebble-size objects we call meteoroids. ... A meteor is what happens when a small piece of an asteroid or comet, called a meteoroid, burns up upon entering Earth's atmosphere.