Meteoroid

A meteoroid is a piece of astronomical debris, smaller than an asteroid. When a meteoroid entered an atmosphere, it was called a meteor, and the remains found after it landed weref called meteorites.

A.E. Hodgkin theorized that the termites of Loracus Prime were meteorite-borne before developing Hodgkin's Law of Parallel Planetary Development. 

Earth Cargo Service freighters used any chance to upgrade their weapons. When asked by Jonathan Archer why this, Travis Mayweather replied "Think about it. You're a dozen light years from home with twenty kilotons of dilithium ore in your hold, armed with nothing but a pop-gun for shooting oncoming meteors. What would you do?"

In 2254, José Tyler proposed meteoroids as the source of some unusual readings encountered by the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701). 

The probe Nomad suffered a serious loss of memory after a collision with a meteoroid. 

In 2262, the SS Beagle suffered serious damage from a storm of meteoroids. 

In 2268, Sulu informed Kirk of a meteor impact on Earth in the region of Siberia whose impact flattened the forest for several kilometers. Kirk dismissed the comment, stating that if he wanted a Russian history lesson, he would have brought Chekov. 

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