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. From Wordnik.com. [Cosmic Projectiles] Reference
meteoroid: A meteoroid is a solid piece of interplanetary debris moving through space. From Wordnik.com. [Omaha World-Herald > Frontpage] Reference
A meteor appears when a particle or chunk of metallic or stony matter called a meteoroid enters Earth's atmosphere from outer space. From Wordnik.com. [The Oshkosh Northwestern Latest Headlines]
We may as well define the terms "meteoroid" and "asteroid" as well. From Wordnik.com. [Postbulletin.com Local News]
He did not call attention to the meteoroid dimple. From Wordnik.com. [Ringworld]
Hassenpfeffer Archive: A meteoroid hits the moon. From Wordnik.com. [A meteoroid hits the moon...] Reference
No meteoroid, surely, despite an absence of jet radiation. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Book of Stormgate]
The tumbling shell and the meteoroid gap accounted for that. From Wordnik.com. [Inconstant Star]
A solid body as with a meteoroid will create a reasonable crater. From Wordnik.com. [Moon Crash Plume Visible to Spacecraft But Not Earth Telescopes | Universe Today] Reference
That would be the icing on the cake, to get killed by a meteoroid. From Wordnik.com. [Empire Builders]
"That might well be arranged, now we're setting up a meteoroid patrol.". From Wordnik.com. [The Stars Are Also Fire]
They eat through the meteoroid patches seconds after we plug the holes. From Wordnik.com. [365 tomorrows » 2007 » February : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference
Maybe not the goal; maybe just a potential hazard, like a meteoroid swarm. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Book of Stormgate]
The short-lived trail of light the burning meteoroid produces is called a meteor. From Wordnik.com. [What Really Causes Falling Stars] Reference
If that interstellar meteoroid, or whatever it was, had been just a few metres closer. From Wordnik.com. [The Songs of Distant Earth]
A plasma jet formed to fire on a meteoroid, a stray comet, even a fleet from Earth or Kzin. From Wordnik.com. [The Ringworld Engineers]
POUL ANDERSON nally planned that we must make sure there would be no serious meteoroid impact. From Wordnik.com. [The Stars Are Also Fire]
O'BRIEN: Yes, there's a slightly higher risk for meteoroid strikes and pieces of debris to hit it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 20, 2008] Reference
"Given their meteoroid diet, it might be instructive to see just what they consider to be waste products.". From Wordnik.com. [Warhorse]
Each factory was protected from the occasional meteoroid by a gracefully curved roof of light honeycomb metal. From Wordnik.com. [Empire Builders]
The Atlas V Centaur upper stage has the equivalent mass of a meteoroid less than two feet (half a meter) across. From Wordnik.com. [Jeff Goldstein: Oh No! NASA's LCROSS Is Going to Hit the Moon! Run!] Reference
Below/outward from the ring floor, a spongy material, like foam plastic perhaps, to take the brunt of a meteoroid impact. From Wordnik.com. [Ringworld]
The meanest blast furnace ever built doesn't come close to reproducing the heat a meteoroid feels when it hits our atmosphere. From Wordnik.com. [Deception Point]
Those emplaced on the Moon were few and slow, intended for unlikely targets, such as a large meteoroid on a catastrophic orbit. From Wordnik.com. [The Stars Are Also Fire]
And speaking of rising, a few years back, NASA packed five pink passengers onto a balloon intended to gather meteoroid particles. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 16, 2006] Reference
Plausible, but the meteoroid ‘‘path’’ occurs when Phaethon nears the Sun—behaving like a comet, yet developing no tail. From Wordnik.com. [Weekend SkyWatcher's Forecast – December 11-13, 2009 | Universe Today] Reference
He came to a spot where a meteoroid had slammed into the ground just next to the rille, collapsing its side into a heap of rubble. From Wordnik.com. [Moonwar]
The 1980s saw a nadir in Mars exploration, and then in 1996 it swung up with the ALH84001 meteoroid find and the Sojourner minirover. From Wordnik.com. [New Findings On Alan Hills Meteorite Point to Microbial Life | Universe Today] Reference
The engineers believe that it's caused by some sort of micro meteoroid or debris which struck the space shuttle while it was in orbit. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 6, 2006] Reference
From this great flying mass, sputtering chunks as large as houses fly of 'as the meteoroid, travelling at a low angle, nears the ground. From Wordnik.com. [Lucifer's Hammer]
Something, a large meteoroid or something, finally punched through at one point, and there the radiation escapes unchecked. Elsewhere-2 '. From Wordnik.com. [Inconstant Star]
The Enterprise had encountered small pieces of cosmic debris along its route, the largest being a meteoroid nearly a kilometer in diameter. From Wordnik.com. [Trek to Madworld]
That tells you that the meteoroid is probably a good size. From Wordnik.com. [The Prince Albert Daily Herald: News] Reference
"It must be some meteoroid, and people mistook them for UFOs". From Wordnik.com. [Qwaider Planet] Reference
Early this morning, a huge meteoroid hit a residential area in Silver Springs, Maryland. From Wordnik.com. [Armchair Generalist] Reference
I never remember the difference between a meteor, a meteorite and a meteoroid. wiley Says. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress] Reference
Meteors are when they are still in the air and glowing, and the solid part is called a meteoroid. From Wordnik.com. [Discover Blogs] Reference
The tragedy refocused NASA's attention on debris hazards of all types, including meteoroid strikes. From Wordnik.com. [Christian Science Monitor | All Stories] Reference
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