- A
meteoroid (/ˈmiːtiərɔɪd/ MEE-tee-ə-royd) is a
small rocky or
metallic body in
outer space.
Meteoroids are
distinguished as
objects significantly smaller...
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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...
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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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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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planetary systems,
though the most
frequent involve asteroids,
comets or
meteoroids and have
minimal effect. When
large objects impact terrestrial planets...
- 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...
- Williamsen, Joel E.; Robinson,
Jennifer H.; Nolen,
Angela M. (1995), "Enhanced
Meteoroid and
Orbital Debris Shielding",
International Journal of
Impact Engineering...
- 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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number of
small Solar System bodies, such as asteroids, comets, centaurs,
meteoroids, and
interplanetary dust clouds. Some of
these bodies are in the asteroid...
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which are
affected primarily by
radiation pressure are
known as "beta
meteoroids". They are
generally less than 1.4 × 10−12 g and are
pushed outward from...
