Spider - Description. 1  1: pedipalp 2: trichobothria 3: carapace of prosoma (cephalothorax) 2  15: sternum of prosoma 16: pedicel (also called pedicle) 3  Spiders are chelicerates and therefore arthropods. 4  Spiders and scorpions are members of one chelicerate group, the arachnids.
See also: Meteoroid and Meteor. 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.
What is the difference between a meteor, a meteoroid, a meteorite, an asteroid and a comet? Most of us probably have seen meteors or shooting stars. A meteor is the flash of light that we see in the night sky when a small chunk of interplanetary debris burns up as it passes through our atmosphere. Meteor refers to the flash of light caused by the debris, not the debris itself. The debris is called a meteoroid. A meteoroid is a piece of interplanetary matter that is smaller than a kilometer and frequently only millimeters in size. Most meteoroids that enter the Earth's atmosphere are so small that they vaporize completely and never reach the planet's surface.