meteorite
noun
me·te·or·ite
ˈmē-tē-ə-ˌrīt 
: a meteor that reaches the surface of the earth without being completely vaporized
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And yet, evidence from a family of meteorites known as howardite-eucrite-diogenites (HED), which were blasted off Vesta at some point in a crater-forming impact, support this volcanic interpretation.
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 6 May 2025
This most recent suite was inspired by a photo of a meteorite in an antique geology textbook, whose caption described its near-collision with an unnamed sharecropper in nineteen-twenties Mississippi.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
The possibility of a large meteorite strike is a terrifying scenario with dramatic and deadly consequences, but a space station is far more likely to encounter run-ins with much smaller bits of space rock.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 24 Apr. 2025
If meteoroids survive their trip to Earth without burning up in the atmosphere, they are called meteorites, NASA says.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 6 May 2025
This most recent suite was inspired by a photo of a meteorite in an antique geology textbook, whose caption described its near-collision with an unnamed sharecropper in nineteen-twenties Mississippi.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
The possibility of a large meteorite strike is a terrifying scenario with dramatic and deadly consequences, but a space station is far more likely to encounter run-ins with much smaller bits of space rock.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 24 Apr. 2025
If meteoroids survive their trip to Earth without burning up in the atmosphere, they are called meteorites, NASA says.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
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“Meteorite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meteorite. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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meteorite
noun
me·te·or·ite
ˈmēt-ē-ə-ˌrīt
: a meteor that reaches the surface of the earth
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