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meteoroid
1. A body moving through space, of the same nature as those which when passing through the atmosphere become visible as meteors.
2. One of the many small bodies in the solar system that become meteors on entering the earth’s atmosphere.
2. One of the many small bodies in the solar system that become meteors on entering the earth’s atmosphere.
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meteoroid
1. A solid body smaller than an asteroid that orbits the sun.
Both meteors and meteorites were meteoroids.
2. The general terms for meteors and micrometeroids, the latter usually having masses of less than a microgram.
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Astronomy and related astronomical terms
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