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
In fact, scientists have since determined there are four types of moonquakes: Deep, shallow, thermal and the kind stemming from meteorite impacts.
From Scientific American
Because they fall from such great heights, meteorites from a single large meteoroid can be strewn over a large area, making them hard to find.
From Scientific American
The reddish-brown stone was found in the Sahara Desert by meteorite hunters in 2018.
From DOGO News
But Desch says the speed at which an interstellar meteorite of this composition entered the atmosphere would burn everything up and there wouldn't be any spherules like these left.
From Salon
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