Can you see the asteroid on the sky with your naked eyes?

Just curious. I was wandering on my lawn in middle of the night just waiting the asteroid to show up.

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Abstraction · 61-69, M

Not asteroids. Meteorites though, all the time. You'll just see a sudden light streak in the sky as it burns up.

Asteroids are too small and too far away.

iamelijah · 26-30, M

@Abstraction Wait. Asteroid and meteorite are not the same thing?

Abstraction · 61-69, M

@iamelijah A meteor is any piece of space rock that enters the earth. An asteroid is a small to large rock that orbits the sun. Some meteors are asteroids that lost their way and end up coming here.

A meteorite is a rock that makes it all the way to earth without completely burning up.