Impactor

/ɪmˈpæktɚ/

Synonyms for "impactor" (7 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
asteroidblow tool

Strong matches (2)

Noun(2 words)

Related words (3)

Noun(3 words)
impact devicemeteoroidspace rock

Related word relations

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More general

5 entries
celestial bodydeviceinstrumentspace objecttool

More specific

6 entries

Collocations

6 entries
hammer impactorimpactor headimpactor massimpactor plateimpactor velocitypunch impactor

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

NASA scientists say everything remains on course for what promises to be Monday's spectacular rendez-vous between the Deep Impact space probe and the comet, Tempel 1. The announcement follows the separation of the "impactor" from the fly-by space craft, which will record the massive collision.

Source: tatoeba (12292500)

cascade impactor

Source: wiktionary

Chicxulub impactor

Source: wiktionary

Although Dr. Bottke remains unconvinced that the impactor had a cometary origin, he noted that the asteroid explanation also raised many exciting and unresolved questions.

Source: wiktionary

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