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• n  (astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere

• Telemetered signals indicated that the meteoroid-and-heat-shield protecting the workshop and living quarters of the craft had been ripped away.
• At that velocity, says Guenter Riegler, a NASA senior scientist, a meteoroid as small as a dust particle could blast a hole nearly half an inch across in a solar panel or a layer .
• To space-conscious laymen, the very word meteoroid is heavy with menace.

• meteor

News & Articles

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• Perseids meteor shower to grace the sky this weekend
  When John Denver sang about seeing it rain fire in the sky in the Rocky Mountains, he was referencing the Perseid meteor shower, which will grace the skies through the weekend, peaking on the night of Aug. 12. The Perseids, the meteoroids of which come from a trail left by the Swift-Tuttle comet, generally produce one of the best meteor showers of the year, and often produce the most fireballs ...
  Aug. 10, 2013 - The Salt Lake Tribune
• Meteor shower to grace the sky this weekend
  When John Denver sang about seeing it rain fire in the sky in the Rocky Mountains, he was referencing the Perseid meteor shower, which will grace the skies through the weekend, peaking on the night of Aug. 12. The Perseids, the meteoroids of which come from a trail left by the Swift-Tuttle comet, generally produce one of the best meteor showers of the year, and often produce the most fireballs ...
  Aug. 10, 2013 - The Salt Lake Tribune
• NASA says to get ready for Perseid Fireballs
  New research from NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office identifies the Perseids as the "fireball champion" of annual meteor showers. This year's Perseid display peaks on August 12th and 13th.
  Aug. 5, 2013 - CBS 6 Richmond

Quotes

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• Adrian Jones in BBC News
  The pressures required to make the textures that we're going to look at can only be made by impact of something like a meteoroid or an asteroid or a comet,said Dr Adrian Jones, of University College London.