meteoroid

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• A meteoroid is matter revolving around the sun or any object in interplanetary space that is too small to be called an asteroid or a comet. Cosmic Projectiles
• A meteoroid is matter revolving around the sun or any object in interplanetary space that is too small to be called an asteroid or a comet. Cosmic Projectiles
• The space debris and meteoroid environment are defined followed by the formulation of the general weight objective function.
• We may as well define the terms "meteoroid" and "asteroid" as well. Postbulletin.com Local News
• A chemical analysis of impact crater residue allowed him to distinguish between impacts due to naturally occurring micrometeoroids and those due to artificial space debris.
• It is probably natural to think of meteorites - as the meteoroids that fall to Earth are called - as threatening, even dangerous, phenomena.
• Eye-witness accounts were n accord with a large meteoroid/small asteroid entry, with a body passing overhead accompanied by a terrific roar (presumably electrophonic effects), later concussions, and the sky being lit up like daylight. Signs of the Times
• With the development of space technology, the cumulative hypervelocity impact damage effects of micro-size space debris and micrometeoroid (space dust) are getting more attention.
• Of course, both men are wrong, since a meteoroid is a rock traveling through space, a meteor is a rock that burns up in our atmosphere, and a rock that actually hits Earth's surface is a meteor ite. Locus Online News
• However, let's assume that our unlucky astronaut does get hit by a micrometeoroid. Times, Sunday Times