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.
Meteoroids are often remnants of comets. A meteor is a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere, which makes it heat and light up. Meteors are sometimes called shooting stars, because they look like bright stars streaking across the sky.