asteroid vs meteor
Definitions
adjective
- shaped like a star
noun
- any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter)
Examples
Spacewatch discovers hundreds of new kilometer-sized belt asteroids with every observing run.
Spacewatch has been discovering as many as 20, 000 new belt asteroids per year.
Asteroid-sourced raw materials will enable and catalyze the development of an Earth-Moon space economy and humankind's expansion into the solar system.
Definitions
noun
- (astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere
- a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode
Examples
In the near rocks zone, a battle airship firmly adsorb to a great meteorolite, an eye warrior watch with scout far places of Flolamp fleets, soundless, Boss, Flolamp have leaved for Life Star.
Meteorologists have known since 1946 that dry ice sprinkled on clouds can cause rain to fall.
The sight of the fireball was followed by a sonic boom as the meteorite exploded into thousands of pieces over Barwell near Leicester.
