meteorite
noun
me·te·or·ite
ˈmē-tē-ə-ˌrīt 
: a meteor that reaches the surface of the earth without being completely vaporized
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The Future Drones and AI recover a meteorite for the first time
Aerial drone footage was sent to an AI trained to track down space rocks.
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Big Think, 24 June 2024
Closer analysis revealed that the meteorite was formed from eight types of CM chondrite, the most common variation of carbonaceous chondrite.
—Sorcha Bradley, The Week Uk, theweek, 17 Apr. 2024
One is the mass extinction caused by a meteorite slamming into the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, which caused most of the dinosaurs to die out.
—Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2024
And while that's not zero, your chances of being hit by a falling satellite, ESA says, are 65,000 times lower than the risk of being struck by lightning and three times lower than the risk of being struck by a meteorite.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 12 June 2024
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Big Think, 24 June 2024
Closer analysis revealed that the meteorite was formed from eight types of CM chondrite, the most common variation of carbonaceous chondrite.
—Sorcha Bradley, The Week Uk, theweek, 17 Apr. 2024
One is the mass extinction caused by a meteorite slamming into the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, which caused most of the dinosaurs to die out.
—Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2024
And while that's not zero, your chances of being hit by a falling satellite, ESA says, are 65,000 times lower than the risk of being struck by lightning and three times lower than the risk of being struck by a meteorite.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 12 June 2024
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meteorite
noun
me·te·or·ite
ˈmēt-ē-ə-ˌrīt
: a meteor that reaches the surface of the earth
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