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no...... "meteorite" refers to stones that survive to reach the ground from a meteoroid impact; "meteor" does not apply to the moon because it's the visible light (i.e., "shooting star") of a meteoroid burning up upon entry into the earth's atmosphere. An object not impacting a planet's...

As others have commented here, this article is a mess with the hodge-podge uses of "meteorite" and "meteor". A meteor does not apply in the case of the moon, because it is the visible light caused by a *meteroid* entering the earth's atmosphere. Meteorites are only those objects to reach the...