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noun(astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere
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- meteor 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
- meteorite stony or metallic object that is the remains of a meteoroid that has reached the earth's surface
- meteoric pertaining to or consisting of meteors or meteoroids
- micrometeoroid a meteorite or meteoroid so small that it drifts down to earth without becoming intensely heated in the atmosphere
- micrometeorite a meteorite or meteoroid so small that it drifts down to earth without becoming intensely heated in the atmosphere
- shooting star 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
- meteor swarm a group of meteoroids with similar paths
- micrometeor a meteorite or meteoroid so small that it drifts down to earth without becoming intensely heated in the atmosphere