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"Meteoroids" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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
MeSH Number(s)	G01.060.249.500
Concept/Terms	Meteoroids Meteoroids Meteoroid Comets (Astronomy) Comets (Astronomy) Comet (Astronomy) Meteors Meteors Meteor Carbonaceous Chondrites Carbonaceous Chondrites Carbonaceous Chondrite Chondrite, Carbonaceous Chondrites, Carbonaceous Chondrites Chondrites Chondrite Meteorites Meteorites Meteorite

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Biological Sciences [G]
Physical Phenomena [G01]
Astronomical Phenomena [G01.060]
Astronomical Objects [G01.060.249]
Meteoroids [G01.060.249.500]

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