Svensk definition
Fasta himlakroppar som rör sig i den interplanetariska rymden och som är mindre än planeter eller asteroider, men större än en molekyl. När de faller till en planets yta kallas de meteoriter.
Meteoroids
Meteoroider
Engelsk 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)
Svenska synonymer
Meteorer — Meteoriter — Kometer (Astrologi) — Kondriter — Kolhaltiga kondriter
Engelska synonymer
Meteoroid — Comets (Astronomy) — Comet (Astronomy) — Meteors — Meteor — Carbonaceous Chondrites — Carbonaceous Chondrite — Chondrite, Carbonaceous — Chondrites, Carbonaceous — Chondrites — Chondrite — Meteorites — Meteorite