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meteoroid::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | meteor |
| Type of | estraterrestrial body, extraterrestrial object |
| Has types | meteor swarm, meteorite |
Examples of meteoroid
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The impact into the rings of these secondary meteoroid bits kicks up the clouds.
From the sciencedaily.com
What is the difference between a meteor, a meteorite, a meteoroid and an asteroid?
From the newscientist.com
Micro-meteoroid impacts can transfer energy to the surface to launch particulates.
From the scienceblog.com
At first Thomas thought that a meteoroid impact might have created a massive crater.
From the newscientist.com
Debris from meteoroid streams may eventually be scattered into other orbits.
From the en.wikipedia.org
A meteor is the visible path of a meteoroid that has entered the Earth's atmosphere.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The results indicated that the satellite was not punctured by a meteoroid.
From the en.wikipedia.org
If a meteoroid reaches the ground and survives impact, then it is called a meteorite.
From the en.wikipedia.org
This was the first crater on Earth to be identified as having been created by a meteoroid.
From the sciencedaily.com
- (astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere
- A meteoroid is a sand- to boulder-sized particle of debris in the Solar System. The visible path of a meteoroid that enters Earth's (or another body's) atmosphere is called a meteor, or colloquially a shooting star or falling star. ...
- A relatively small (sand- to boulder-sized) fragment of debris in a solar system that produces a meteor when it hits the atmosphere
- The term that collectively describes all forms of meteoric material, including meteors and meteorites.
- A small, rocky object in orbit around the Sun, smaller than an asteroid.
- A small rock in space.
- A small solid object orbiting the Sun. Typical meteoroids have a mass below 100kg.
- A small, solid body moving through space in orbit around the Sun.
- A solid object moving in interplanetary space, much smaller than an asteroid but much larger than an atom or molecule.
