Preferred Label : meteoroids;
MeSH definition : 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);
MeSH synonym : meteoroid;
MeSH hyponym : carbonaceous chondrites; chondrites; Carbonaceous Chondrite; Chondrite, Carbonaceous; Chondrites, Carbonaceous; Chondrite;
Related MeSH term : comets (Astronomy); meteorites; meteors; Comet (Astronomy); Meteor; Meteorite;
MeSH annotation : no qualif;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteoroid;
Origin ID : D019110;
UMLS CUI : C0242572;
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Semantic type(s)
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)