meteor vs meteorite vs meteoroid
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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.
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noun
- stony or metallic object that is the remains of a meteoroid that has reached the earth's surface
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The sight of the fireball was followed by a sonic boom as the meteorite exploded into thousands of pieces over Barwell near Leicester.
My research has largely been in the chemistry of how the particular components of chondrites, very primitive meteorites, actually formed in the solar nebula.
Alternatively, the soot might have come from the vaporization of oil deposits at the site of the meteorite impact.
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noun
- (astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere
Examples
The term ‘space debris’ in its largest sense includes all naturally occurring remains of solar and planetary processes: interplanetary dust, meteoroids, asteroids, and comets.
However, from time to time, comets suddenly get brighter, and one possible explanation for this is that the comet has struck a small meteoroid in space; perhaps a small lump of rock, 10 cm or a metre in size.
In the opening scenes of the film, when everyone believes that the downed flying saucer was actually a large rock from space, learned astronomer Ted Lewis (McCormack) refers to it as a "meteoroid" while the ignorant policeman Vernon (Robert Patrick) dismisses it as a "meteor.
