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• plural of meteorite.

meteorites

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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.

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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.

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During its journey, the rover has encountered sulfur crystals, reflective meteorites, and many other unusual geologic features.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026

That difference was difficult to explain because the Sun and those meteorites formed from the same cloud of gas and dust about 4.6 billion years ago.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026

Carbonaceous chondrites account for only about five percent of meteorites sampled on Earth.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026

Carbonaceous chondrites are primitive, carbon-rich meteorites that contain some of the oldest material formed in the solar system.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026

The entire underside of the dome looked like space as seen from the Hubble telescope: A dusty spiral nebula billowed up, a galaxy of stars twinkled, and meteorites whizzed across the ceiling.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein