Definition of Meteoroid. Meaning of Meteoroid. Synonyms of Meteoroid

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Meteoroidal
Meteoroidal Me`te*or*oid"al, a. Of or pertaining to a meteoroid or to meteoroids.

Meaning of Meteoroid from wikipedia

- A meteoroid (/ˈmiːtiərɔɪd/ MEE-tee-ə-royd) is a small rocky or metallic body in outer space. Meteoroids are distinguished as objects significantly smaller...
- A Helion meteoroid is a meteoroid that arrives from the approximate direction of the Sun. They are thought to originate as debris from Sun-grazing comets...
- night sky. These meteors are caused by streams of cosmic debris called meteoroids entering Earth's atmosphere at extremely high speeds on parallel trajectories...
- all day. The visible phenomenon due to the p****age of an asteroid or meteoroid through the atmosphere is termed a meteor. If the object reaches the ground...
- 1767 meteoroid stream. Earth moves through meteoroid streams left from p****ages of a comet. The streams consist of solid particles, known as meteoroids, normally...
- found to be consistent with the expected distribution of debris from a meteoroid air burst. Later studies of the spheres found unusual ratios of numerous...
- creating a shock wave. The meteoroid then experiences what is known as ram pressure. As the air in front of the meteoroid is compressed its temperature...
- A meteor air burst is a type of air burst in which a meteoroid explodes after entering a planetary body's atmosphere. This fate leads them to be called...
- Explorer 46, (also Meteoroid Technology Satellite-A or MTS-A), was a NASA satellite launched as part of Explorer program. Explorer 46 was designed to...
- planetary systems, though the most frequent involve asteroids, comets or meteoroids and have minimal effect. When large objects impact terrestrial planets...