Phenomena and Processes

Meteoroids

Any solid objects moving in interplanetary space that are smaller than a planet or asteroid but larger than a molecule. Meteorites are any meteoroid that has fallen to a planetary surface. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)

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Abstract

Any solid objects moving in interplanetary space that are smaller than a planet or asteroid but larger than a molecule. Meteorites are any meteoroid that has fallen to a planetary surface. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)

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13 entry terms
  • Meteoroid
  • Carbonaceous Chondrites
  • Chondrites
  • Comets (Astronomy)
  • Meteorites
  • Meteors
  • Carbonaceous Chondrite
  • Chondrite
  • Chondrite, Carbonaceous
  • Chondrites, Carbonaceous
  • Comet (Astronomy)
  • Meteor
  • Meteorite

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History Note

96; was see SOLAR SYSTEM 1995

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Previous Indexing

  • Astronomy (1966-1994)
  • Solar System (1995)

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  1. G01w.060.075w.500w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Meteoroids. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019110. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019110
  2. Meteoroids. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteoroid
  3. Meteoroids. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7012