micrometeoroids
- plural of micrometeoroid.
Example Sentences
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The 'solar wind' of high energy particles from the sun and bombardment by micrometeoroids cause changes known as space-weathering.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 29, 2024
"No country in the world has a surveillance system capable of tracking micrometeoroids of this size - about 1 millimetre."
From Reuters ● Feb. 21, 2023
They must be sturdy enough to bring the chance of micrometeoroids piercing the exteriors down to just one in 2,500.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 14, 2022
Before the incident was reported, four smaller micrometeoroids had already hit the telescope.
From New York Times ● Jul. 13, 2022
These micrometeoroids, no larger than a grain of sand, are often little pieces of asteroids or comets that have broken away and are now orbiting around the Sun.
From The Verge ● Jun. 20, 2022
