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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5333. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar System, Meteors

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A piece of debris from a larger parent body, pursuing its own orbit around the Sun, which has the potential to strike the Earth and produce a meteor or meteorite. There is no agreed dividing line between a meteoroid and a small asteroid, but by `meteoroid' is usually meant a sub-meter sized particle. A typical meteoroid is roughly 5 mm in size with a density of about 0.2 g cm-3. Such low-density ...

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