micrometeorite
noun
a micrometeoroid that has traveled through Earth's atmosphere and fallen to the ground.
micrometeorites
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pluralof micrometeorite.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The darker streaks contain surface dust and rocks that have been altered over long periods by solar wind, galactic cosmic rays, and impacts from micrometeorites.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
Members of the School of Physics and Astronomy from the University of Kent are hoping to find micrometeorites - dust sized particles which have made it through the earth's atmosphere.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2023
It was not clear whether they were hit by micrometeorites or had manufacturing defects.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 25, 2023
Random meteoroids of this nature strike Earth constantly: scientists estimate between 10 million and 1 billion kilograms of meteorites hit Earth every year, most of them tiny micrometeorites.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2022
You know, of course, that we are constantly being bombarded by cosmic dust, the micrometeorites that always prove troublesome to the Earth satellites and space platforms.
From The Secret of the Ninth Planet by Donald Allen Wollheim
