meteorites

1. Objects from outside the Earth that enter the Earth's field of gravitation and fall to the Earth's surface. Meteors, on the other hand, are objects from space that burn up in the Earth's atmosphere.

Meteorites are bodies that are left over from the time when the planets formed, and therefore give us clues about the formation of the solar system.

Example Sentences

"Modern technology, in addition to an attentive public, is going to help us recover more and more meteorites."

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At first, there was a sense of awe surrounding the public display of this extraordinary Martian find – less than 400 of the 50,000 meteorites discovered have been shown to come from our planetary neighbour.

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Only about 400 Martian meteorites have ever been found on Earth.

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Wind and other weather data, as well as any information gathered by the UK Fireball Alliance, is used to help work out where meteorites land.

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And meteorites are meteoroids that survive their journey through the atmosphere and hits the ground.

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