Meteorite

Real World Example

Imagine you're walking down the street, and suddenly you step on a piece of chewing gum stuck to the sidewalk. This situation is similar to how a meteorite, which is a meteoroid that has landed, interacts with a planet's surface. Just like the gum that was once part of a larger piece and then separated to land on the ground, a meteorite is a fragment of a meteoroid that travels through space and eventually lands on Earth or another celestial body, sticking to its surface.