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Meteoroid

noun
1.
(astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere.  Synonym: meteor.






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"Meteoroid" Quotes from Famous Books



... are everywhere in space little meteoric masses of matter, from the weight of a grain to a ton, and from the density of gas to rock. The earth meets 7,500,000 little bodies every day—there is collision—the little meteoroid gives out its lightning sign of extinction, and, consumed in fervent heat, drops to the earth as gas or dust. If we add the number light enough to be seen by a telescope, they cannot be less than 400,000,000 a day. Everywhere we go, in a space as large as that occupied by the earth ...
— Recreations in Astronomy - With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work • Henry Warren



Words linked to "Meteoroid" :   meteor swarm, estraterrestrial body, extraterrestrial object, astronomy, meteorite, meteor, uranology



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