How to Use micrometeorite in a Sentence

micrometeorite

noun
  • On top of that, there are micrometeorites that come in on the moon.
    — Sydney Pereira, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2017
  • At first, it was thought that a micrometeorite may have collided with the craft.
    — Chelsea Gohd, Discover Magazine, 11 Dec. 2018
  • Or they could be locked safely away in glass beads forged during micrometeorite impacts.
    — Charlie Wood, Popular Science, 27 Oct. 2020
  • Space isn't for the weak; it's filled with radiation, micrometeorites, and who knows what else.
    — Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Because there’s only the one hole, that rules out a micrometeorite or some natural cause.
    — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 26 Dec. 2018
  • Last year, a micrometeorite shot right through the station’s robotic arm, leaving a bullet-sized hole.
    — Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2022
  • Its main job is to keep the craft from being punctured by micrometeorites like an expensive balloon.
    — Vince Beiser, WIRED, 23 Oct. 2007
  • The not-so-great balls of fire—now the oldest micrometeorites ever found—started out as hunks of mostly iron and nickel.
    — National Geographic, 11 May 2016
  • Limestone would be dense enough to protect these micrometeorites from water and weather for billions of years.
    — William Herkewitz, Popular Mechanics, 11 May 2016
  • The other idea is that a micrometeorite hit the satellite, releasing a small cloud of plasma and radio waves.
    — Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025
  • Scientists have long known that the moon’s surface is altered by both micrometeorite impacts and solar wind.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 June 2026
  • The solar wind, micrometeorite impacts, even thermal stress from the Moon's day/night cycle, all will weather away this crater.
    — Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 11 May 2011
  • But don’t forget about those pesky micrometeorites—pebble-size rocks that move like hypersonic bullets.
    — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 19 May 2026
  • Try searching for your own micrometeorites by collecting particulates from roofs or drain spouts.
    — Heather Barker, Space.com, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Moreover, if there are so many micrometeorites intersecting with the space station's orbit, why is the outpost not riddled with holes?
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The rapid melting and cooling caused by micrometeorite impacts on the regolith creates small globs of glassy material.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 12 May 2022
  • Most of these molecules are likely stored in the voids between moon dust and other particles or entombed in the glassy residue of of micrometeorite impacts.
    — Marcia Dunn, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Oct. 2020
  • The surface is hit by micrometeorites and radiation, with no atmosphere to protect it.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 6 Apr. 2020
  • Over perhaps a billion years, a drizzle of tiny micrometeorites hitting the moon will dissolve the boulders into finer soils called regolith.
    — Quanta Magazine, 17 Jan. 2019
  • These were compared to micrometeorites that have been recovered in Antarctica.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 18 Sep. 2019
  • The insides of the tubes would be very old, several billion years, and relatively untouched by solar wind and micrometeorite impacts.
    — Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 15 Sep. 2010
  • Bennu's youngest constituents will be minerals and compounds altered by micrometeorite impacts, cosmic rays and solar flares.
    — Dante S. Lauretta, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2016
  • An external impact likely means either a micrometeorite or small fragment of orbital debris must have struck the Progress spacecraft.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Solar wind, micrometeorites, and even the thermal expansion and compression caused by the Moon's day/night cycle all work to grind up surface rock into dust.
    — Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 19 Aug. 2010
  • It was likely triggered by the intense heat from micrometeorite impacts, volcanic activity, and solar wind.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The leak itself is a small hole two millimeters wide, and NASA suspects it was caused by a small micrometeorite punching a hole in the wall.
    — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 31 Aug. 2018
  • Segretto has already provided a few photos of the micrometeorites.
    — Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Dec. 2025
  • Russian engineers eventually declared that a micrometeorite had struck the external cooling loop of the spacecraft and deemed it unsafe to fly home.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 11 Feb. 2023
  • Moon dirt is full of tiny, glass fragments from micrometeorite impacts that got everywhere in the Apollo lunar landers and wore down the moonwalkers’ spacesuits.
    — Marcia Dunn, Orlando Sentinel, 12 May 2022
  • Moon dirt is full of tiny, glass fragments from micrometeorite impacts that got everywhere in the Apollo lunar landers and wore down the moonwalkers' spacesuits.
    — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 13 May 2022

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