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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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Martian meteorites are extremely rare, but like all space rocks that fall to our planet, they become contaminated as soon as they get here, mixing with the air, dust, soil and water.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

We do already have some fragments of the Red Planet here on Earth in the form of Martian meteorites.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

He gained international recognition for his lunar research before moving to Cambridge University, where he analysed meteorites found in Antarctica that were believed to have come from Mars.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

From about 4.56 billion to 3.5 billion years ago, meteorites, micrometeorites and interplanetary dust particles from asteroids and comets repeatedly struck Earth.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026

He hops off the rock-slide and starts picking up the meteorites and loading them back into his bag.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

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