“A meteorite is a solid piece of debris from an object, such as a comet, asteroid, or meteoroid, that originates in outer space and survives its passage through the Earth’s atmosphere and impact with the Earth’s surface or that of another planet.”
Wait, what?
Asteroid, comet, meteroi(te?)d!!
Yeah, well that’s some typical WIKIPEDIA definition of exactly what a meteorite actually is. And while that’s not the answer for “Why do Meteorites fall to Earth?” it is the answer to the question “What are meteorites?” Commonly, meteorites are those objects that lit up in the sky and are noticed as falling stars during the nighttime.
