meteorite
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- n stony or metallic object that is the remains of a meteoroid that has reached the earth's surface
- They exploded this enormous meteorite headed toward us with tremendous speed.
- With tremendous, white-hot roar a small meteorite recently rushed from the skies and smashed into southwest Africa.
- Where did the meteorite originate? Slovak Astronomer Lubar Krsak has suggested that it was a chunk of Comet Encke, a periodic visitor to the earth's vicinity that is also the .