Comet fragment lights up sky over Spain and Portugal 'like a movie'
Did anyone here see it?
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What is the difference between "small piece of comet" and a meteorite? I thought meteor showers are caused when Earth travels through the trail of a comet so I don't fully understand why the correction was posted by ESA?
Comets are mostly ice and meteors are mostly rock.