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What are meteoroids are made of?

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10y ago
Updated: 7/30/2022

Meteoroids are sand- to boulder-sized particles of debris (Dust) in the Solar System

Dust and rock

A meteoroid is a small metallic body that travels through space. They are smaller than asteroids and are made up of fragments from comets or asteroids.

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