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Noun Concept
Categories: Solar System, Geophysics, All articles containing potentially dated statements, Meteorites, Articles with short description
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meteorite  2016 february tamil nadu meteorite incident  AEROLITES  Falling stones  metallic aerolite
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Stony or metallic object that is the remains of a meteoroid that has reached the earth's surface WordNet 3.0
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Stony or metallic object that is the remains of a meteoroid that has reached the earth's surface WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A meteorite is a solid piece of debris from an object, such as a comet, asteroid, or meteoroid, that originates in outer space and survives its passage through the atmosphere to reach the surface of a planet or moon. Wikipedia
Solid piece of debris from such a body which survives its passage through the Earth's atmosphere, and falls to the Earth's surface. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Solid piece of debris from an object that originates in outer space and survives its passage through the atmosphere to impact with the surface of a planet or moon. Wikipedia Disambiguation
A meteorite is an extraterrestrial body that survives its impact with a planet's surface without being destroyed. OmegaWiki
A metallic or stony object or body that is the remains of a meteoroid. Wiktionary
Remains of a meteor. Wiktionary (translation)