meteoroid
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Through Impact Flash, participants can examine dark regions of the Moon for flashes produced by meteoroid strikes.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 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
If a meteoroid is big, it can become dazzlingly bright during its brief atmospheric journey.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 8, 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
Vocabulary lists containing meteoroid
Space Science (Astronomy) - Introductory
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Earth and the Solar System - Middle School
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Earth and the Solar System - Introductory
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