meteoroid

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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 compressed air starts to glow, and when it reaches a temperature of about 2,000 degrees Celsius, the solid material in the meteoroid starts to vaporize.

From Scientific American • Sep. 8, 2023

One temblor was caused by a marsquake — an earthquake on Mars, that is — while the other came from a large meteoroid impact.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 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