meteoroid

About 0.07 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A relatively small (sand- to boulder-sized) fragment of debris in a star system that produces a meteor when it hits the atmosphere

Similar words

meteor micrometeoroid microplanetoid micrometeor micrometeorite meteor shower microscopid minimoon cometesimal megacryometeor

Often followed by

and is impacts impact that radius stream flux streams

Word family

meteoroidal meteoroids