"Meteoroids" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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)
| Descriptor ID |
D019110
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G01.060.075.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Carbonaceous Chondrites- Carbonaceous Chondrites
- Carbonaceous Chondrite
- Chondrite, Carbonaceous
- Chondrites, Carbonaceous
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Meteoroids" by people in Profiles.
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Stardust in meteorites. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Nov 29; 108(48):19142-6.