Micrometeor

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  • noun. a meteorite or meteoroid so small that it drifts down to earth without becoming intensely heated in the atmosphere
  • Word Usage
    "So what would it be worth to you if I told you, I had on the Moon, right now, several million gallons of distilled water frozen into a anti-radiation/micrometeor habitat and inside were several million gallons of liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen.. and a half gallon of He3?"
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    meteorite