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Meteoroid Moderate

Meteoroid has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

(astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere

2

A relatively small (sand- to boulder-sized) fragment of debris in a star system that produces a meteor when it hits the atmosphere

See Also
meteorite meteor earth grazing debris near earth object fragment meteoric meteorology
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
extraterrestrial object
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
meteorite meteor swarm
Rhyming Words
oid boid ooid coid noid poid foid roid loid void doid zoid groid geoid booid avoid axoid aloid ploid pooid
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