Meteor, Meteorite, Meteoroid

In CT Liottta’s Relic of the Damned!, the Macguffin is a Meteorite. Why isn’t it a meteor or a meteoroid?

According to NASA, the following definitions apply:

Meteoroid: A small particle from a comet or asteroid orbiting the Sun. Meteor: The light phenomena which results when a meteoroid enters the Earth’s atmosphere and vaporizes; a shooting star. Meteorite: A meteoroid that survives its passage through the Earth’s atmosphere and lands upon the Earth’s surface.

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