meteoroid

• Cuerpo sólido pequeño que se mueve en el sistema solar, generalmente más pequeño que un asteroide, y que se vuelve visible como meteoro al entrar en la atmósfera terrestre.

A small solid body moving in the solar system, typically smaller than an asteroid, that becomes visible as a meteor when it enters the Earth's atmosphere.

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   A small rocky or metallic body that travels through space within the solar system, and if it enters a planet's atmosphere it becomes a meteor.

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   • A meteoroid typically becomes visible as a shooting star when it enters Earth's atmosphere.
   • Scientists classify meteoroids by size and composition to understand the solar system's formation.
   • The meteoroid stream from a comet can produce an annual meteor shower.
   • If a meteoroid survives its passage through the atmosphere and strikes the ground, it is called a meteorite.