A scientist finds a piece of rock in a crater. He analyzes the rock and realizes that the composition is mostly of iron and nickel. He claims that he found a meteor. What is most likely the scientist’s error?

A meteor is the streak of light produced when a space rock passes through a planet’s atmosphere. If a piece of that rock reaches the ground, it is called a meteorite. Since the scientist found the iron-and-nickel rock in a crater, the most likely error is calling it a meteor; he actually found a meteorite.

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