A burning meteoroid produces a meteor.
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Meteoroid
Synonyms for "meteoroid" (4 found)
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19 translations across 15 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- نَيْزَك noun (small debris in a star system)
Bulgarian
2 entries- метеорно тяло noun (small debris in a star system)
- метеороид noun (small debris in a star system)
Esperanto
1 entries- meteoroido noun (small debris in a star system)
Finnish
1 entries- meteoroidi noun (small debris in a star system)
French
1 entries- météoroïde noun (small debris in a star system)
German
1 entries- Meteoroid noun (small debris in a star system)
Hindi
1 entries- उल्का noun (small debris in a star system)
Icelandic
3 entries- geimgrýti noun (small debris in a star system)
- geimsteinn noun (small debris in a star system)
- reikisteinn noun (small debris in a star system)
Irish
1 entries- dreigeoideach noun (small debris in a star system)
Italian
1 entries- meteoroide noun (small debris in a star system)
Persian
2 entries- شهابوار noun (small debris in a star system)
- نیزک noun (small debris in a star system)
Polish
1 entries- meteoroid noun (small debris in a star system)
Portuguese
1 entries- meteoróide noun (small debris in a star system)
Spanish
1 entries- meteoroide noun (small debris in a star system)
Tagalog
1 entries- bulalayak noun (small debris in a star system)
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A meteoroid is a piece of stone-like or metal-like debris which travels in outer space.
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If a meteoroid falls into the Earth's atmosphere, it will begin to heat up and start to glow. This is called a meteor.
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Any leftover part of the meteoroid that does strike the Earth is called a meteorite.
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