noun
- a small rocky or metallic body in outer space
Usage: astronomy
Examples
- The meteoroid entered Earth’s atmosphere at high speed.
- Scientists tracked the meteoroid’s path through space.
- When a meteoroid burns up in the atmosphere, it creates a meteor.
- The spacecraft was damaged by a small meteoroid impact.
- Meteoroids range in size from dust particles to small asteroids.
- The meteoroid shower was visible from the observatory.
- Researchers collected samples from the meteoroid that landed in the desert.