- 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
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...
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colloquially as a
shooting star, is a
glowing streak of a
small body (usually
meteoroid)
going through Earth's atmosphere,
after being heated to incandescence...
- 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...
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night sky.
These meteors are
caused by
streams of
cosmic debris called meteoroids entering Earth's
atmosphere at
extremely high
speeds on
parallel trajectories...
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planetary systems,
though the most
frequent involve asteroids,
comets or
meteoroids and have
minimal effect. When
large objects impact terrestrial planets...
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Earth moves through meteoroid streams left from p****ages of a comet. The
streams consist of
solid particles,
known as
meteoroids,
normally ejected by...
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exosphere (~10,000 km or 6,200 mi) (see also thermopause). For example, a
meteoroid can
become a
meteor at an
altitude of 85–120 km (53–75 mi)
above the Earth...
- On 13
October 1990,
meteoroid EN131090, with an
estimated m**** of 44 kg,
entered the Earth's
atmosphere above Czechoslovakia and
Poland and,
after a few...
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Meteorites (
meteoroid debris) hit
multiple places in
Ernakulam district.
Small fragments which are
believed to be
parts of the
meteoroid were recovered...
