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Meteoroid

Me′te-or-oid

(mē′tē̍-ẽr-oid)
,
Noun.
[
Meteor
+
-oid
.]
(Astron.)
A small body moving through space, or revolving about the sun, which on entering the earth’s atmosphere would be deflagrated and appear as a meteor.
These bodies [small, solid bodies] before they come into the air, I call
meteoroids
.
H. A. Newton.

Definition 2024


meteoroid

meteoroid

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meteoroid (plural meteoroids)

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

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