Meteoroids
Synonyms
Carbonaceous Chondrite
Carbonaceous Chondrites
Chondrite
Chondrite, Carbonaceous
Chondrites
Chondrites, Carbonaceous
Comet (Astronomy)
Comets (Astronomy)
Meteor
Meteorite
Meteorites
Meteoroid
Meteors
Any solid objects moving in interplanetary space that are smaller than a planet or asteroid but larger than a molecule. Meteorites are any meteoroid that has fallen to a planetary surface. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)