- 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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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...
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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...
- 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...
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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...
- by NASA B.G. Cour-Palais'
reminisces of the
Apollo meteoroid protection program The
Skylab meteoroid shield design and
development ESA
Giotto dust shield...
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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...
- from
meteoroids, and all of them
collide with the
surface as
meteorites and
create craters. For
planets with a
significant atmosphere, most
meteoroids burn...
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caused by iron
meteoroids,
which are most
easily able to
transit the
atmosphere intact.
Examples of
craters caused by iron
meteoroids include Barringer...
