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meteoroid

[mee-tee-uh-roid] / ˈmi ti əˌrɔɪd /


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The researchers analyzed seismic data collected by NASA's InSight mission, focusing on waves generated by meteoroid impacts and marsquakes, the Martian equivalent of earthquakes.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

But on other worlds, it’s more typical to find metamorphic rocks forged in the split-second shock of a meteoroid impact.

From National Geographic ● Oct. 12, 2023

The meteoroid appeared so enormous they are sure they heard it roaring across the heavens.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2023

The air heats up so much that it glows and rapidly vaporizes the meteoroid about 90 to 100 km above the ground.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 11, 2023

We wandered over to the first area—Space Is Dangerous—and watched a video of a hole being blown through a thick metal plate by a simulated meteoroid.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas


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