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

Water was embedded in tiny glass beads in the lunar dirt where meteorite impacts occur.

From Seattle Times

The genre is dominated by apocalypse narratives — from “The Day After Tomorrow” to the more recent meteorite satire/allegory “Don’t Look Up” from director Adam McKay.

From Washington Post

Instead, the pair found breccias — mash-ups of different types of older rock, melted and fused together in the violence of titanic meteorite strikes.

From Washington Post

The alliance, a collaboration between academics and citizen scientists interested in meteor observation and meteorite recovery, has appealed to the community for help tracing it.

From BBC