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a celestial body resembling a small planet but lacking certain technical criteria that are required for it to be classed as such
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A small part broken or separated from something
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is large freestandin in the Mojave Desert near Landers, California that covers of ground and is seven stories high
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Small and Made of Minerals
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sometimes called the O chondrites are a class of stony chondritic meteorites. They are by far the most
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the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet: 'part of the sun's energy is absorbed by the earth the air in any particular place: 'we couldn't breathe in the dusty
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A celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust and, when near the sun, a “tail” of gas and dust particles pointing away
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A violent and destructive shattering or blowing a part of something, as is caused by a boom a violent expansion in which energy is transmitted outward as a shock wave
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any of numerous small celestial bodies that move around the sun.
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A small body of matter from outer space that enters the earth's atmosphere, appearing as a streak of light
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a meteor particle itself without relation to the phenomena it produces when entering the earth's atmosphere
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Clouds of fine solid particles of matter in interstellar space
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A yellowish-green or brownish variety of olivine
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a meteor that reaches the surface of the earth without being completely vaporized
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A small rocky body orbiting the sun. Large numbers of these, ranging in size from nearly 600 miles (1,000 km) across to dust particles
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