meteorite

Example Sentences

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The early Earth's makeup can be explained mostly as a mix of known meteorite types.

From Science Daily

“We are excited to be able to confirm that the object is a true chondrite meteorite, in excellent condition, and one of a very small number of similar witnessed chondrite falls known to science.”

From Seattle Times

It said the movement of the objects suggested it was not a meteorite but "looked exactly like the atmospheric entry of debris from a rocket" possibly from a Chinese launch in November.

From BBC

But climate change takes a back seat when you have a pandemic, and if there’s a meteorite suddenly hurling toward you.

From New York Times

We have some evidence of it, perhaps surprisingly, in the form of meteorites, some of which still carry clues about the gestational environment around them during the birth of the solar system.

From Scientific American