Why are meteorites less common than meteors?

If there are meteoroids meteors and meteorites are there asteroids asteors and asteorites?

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    From your list the only things that actually exist are: Meteors - small particles of dust that burn up in the atmosphere ("shooting stars") Meteorites - bodies that landed on Earth after burning in the atmosphere. Asteroids - small rocky bodies orbiting in the Solar System. Most of them are concentrated between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

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