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meteorite

[mee-tee-uh-rahyt] / ˈmi ti əˌraɪt /


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Meteorite: A man in Nevada County believes that a meteorite crashed into and burned down his home on Friday, KCRA-TV reports.

From New York Times • Nov. 8, 2022

Wesson had grown weary of seeing such finds being hauled away by East Coast institutions and protested that the museum’s claim to the Old Woman Meteorite was both arrogant and petty.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2020

After a few revisions, McKay and Gibson were told their paper, entitled "Possible Biogenic Relic Fossils in a Martian Meteorite," would appear in the August 15 issue.

From Salon • Jun. 13, 2020

Space fragment Meteorite hunters have retrieved a fragment of the space rock that lit up the sky over Botswana last month.

From Nature • Jul. 10, 2018

Dan and Ray had joined the party now, while most of the tribesmen gathered about, staring at the damaged Meteorite.

From Tahara Among African Tribes by Sherman, Harold M.




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