What is the difference between a meteor, a meteorite and a meteoroid?

What is the difference between a meteor, a meteorite and a meteoroid?

A Flavor
B Size
C Weight

Prepare to be amazed – these three are different phases of the same object! It works like this: a meteoroid speeds through space until it enters the atmosphere, burning away as a meteor and impacting the ground as a meteorite. Now say ‘meteorite, meteor, meteoroid’ 3 times fast.

The correct answer is Size.

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