noun🔗ShareMeteoroideA relatively small (sand- to boulder-sized) fragment of debris in a star system that produces a meteor when it hits the atmosphere"The astronomy club discussed how a meteoroid becomes a meteor when it enters Earth's atmosphere and burns up. "El club de astronomía discutió cómo un meteoroide se convierte en un meteoro cuando entra en la atmósfera terrestre y se quema.astronomyspacescienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading