A fireball is just a very bright meteor. It is as bright as the planet Venus which we can see in the evening or morning at different times during the year.
A meteor is a piece of space debris that enters the Earth’s atmosphere and begins to burn up.
Many report seeing different colors when they spot a fireball. The color actually has to do with the make-up of the space rock.
If a piece of the meteor makes it to the Earth’s surface it would be called a meteorite. Fireballs are actually quite common, with thousands in the sky each day, typically they occur over the ocean where people don’t see them.
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