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meteorite

[mee-tee-uh-rahyt] / ˈmi ti əˌraɪt /


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Burbery also compares Satan to the Hoba meteorite, a 60-ton space rock that survived impact largely intact.

From Science Daily • May 11, 2026

It all started when a geologist friend told her she could buy a small piece of a lunar meteorite called Bechar 003, so she did.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

Roy Alexander, director of learning at Battlesteads Dark Sky Discovery Observatory in Northumberland, said there had been more than 190 reports of the incident online, which he believed was a "large meteorite".

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

They also witnessed a solar eclipse along with extraordinary meteorite strikes on the lunar surface.

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

The guide shows them agate from Brazil and violet amethysts and a meteorite on a pedestal that he claims is as ancient as the solar system itself.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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