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Noun Concept
Categories: Cosmic dust, archived copy as title, Space hazards, Geophysics, Meteoroids
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micrometeorite  micrometeoroid  micrometeor  micro-meteorite  Micro meteor
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A meteorite or meteoroid so small that it drifts down to earth without becoming intensely heated in the atmosphere WordNet 3.0
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A meteorite or meteoroid so small that it drifts down to earth without becoming intensely heated in the atmosphere WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A micrometeoroid is a tiny meteoroid: a small particle of rock in space, usually weighing less than a gram. A micrometeorite is such a particle that survives passage through the Earth's atmosphere and reaches the Earth's surface. Wikipedia
A micrometeorite is a micrometeoroid that has survived entry through the Earth's atmosphere. Wikipedia
Small particle of rock in space, usually weighing less than a gram Wikidata
Smallest extraterrestrial materials that make it to the surface of the Earth Wikidata
An extraterrestrial particle, less than a millimeter in size, that has survived entry into the atmosphere without melting. Wiktionary
Extraterrestrial particle. Wiktionary (translation)