Noun
A mass of stone or iron which has fallen to the earth from space; an aerolite.
Source: Webster's dictionarySometimes the slightest things change the directions of our lives, the merest breath of a circumstance, a random moment that connects like a meteorite striking the earth. Lives have swiveled and changed direction on the strength of a chance remark. Bryce Courtenay
Possibly here in the Holocene, or just before ten or twenty thousand years ago, life hit a peek of diversity. Then we appeared. We are the great meteorite. Lynn Margulis
You're not going to die?" "Not right this minute." And of course, saying something like that usually resulted in immediate dying. I braced myself for a stray meteorite falling through the roof to crush my skull. Ilona Andrews
A 2008 analysis of 12 C/ 13 C isotopic ratios of organic compounds found in the Murchison meteorite indicates a non-terrestrial origin for these molecules rather than terrestrial contamination. Source: Internet
A 34-ton fragment called "Ahnighito", is exhibited at the American Museum of Natural History ; the largest meteorite on exhibit in any museum. Source: Internet
A meteorite that crashed into rural southeastern Australia in a fireball in 1969 contained the oldest material ever found on Earth, stardust that predated the formation of our solar system by billi. Source: Internet