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meteoroid
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meteoroid: see meteor meteor, appearance of a small particle flying through space that interacts with the earth's upper atmosphere. While still outside the atmosphere, the particle is known as a meteoroid. Countless meteoroids of varying sizes are moving about the solar system at any time.
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meteoroid
any of the small celestial bodies that are thought to orbit the sun, possibly as the remains of comets. When they enter the earth's atmosphere, they become visible as meteors

meteoroid [′med·ē·ə‚rȯid]
(astronomy)
Any solid object moving in interplanetary space that is smaller than a planet or asteroid but larger than a molecule.


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