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Definition of Micrometeoroids
1. micrometeoroid [n] - See also: micrometeoroid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Micrometeoroids
Literary usage of Micrometeoroids
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Where No Man Has Gone Before: A History of Apollo Lunar Exploration Missions by William D. Compton (1996)
"... vehicles- important junior partners to Saturn V—and put up earth-orbiting
satellites to dispel worries about the hazard from micrometeoroids in space. ..."
2. Exploring the Moon and Mars: Choices for the Nation (1992)
"... 4.6 'Astronomer Thomas Gold had postulated that the Moon's constant bombardment
by micrometeoroids might have created a thick lunar dust that would make ..."
3. Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicle by Roger E. Bilstein (1999)
"Although many scientific books and journals refer to "micrometeoroids," NASA
consistently used the term "meteoroid," with diminutive size inherently implied ..."
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