meteorite

Summary

meteorite has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[1]

Key Facts

• meteorite is a type of rock^[2].
• meteorite is a type of astronomical object^[3].
• meteorite's Commons category is recorded as Meteorites^[4].
• meteorite's location of formation is recorded as universe^[5].
• meteorite's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Meteorites^[6].
• meteorite's Commons gallery is recorded as Meteorite^[7].
• meteorite's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[8].
• meteorite's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[9].
• meteorite's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[10].
• meteorite's described by source is recorded as Meteorite^[11].
• meteorite's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[12].
• meteorite's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[13].
• meteorite's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[14].
• meteorite's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3^[15].
• meteorite's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox meteorite^[16].
• meteorite's different from is recorded as meteoroid^[17].
• meteorite's properties for this type is recorded as P824^[18].
• meteorite's studied by is recorded as aerolithology^[19].
• meteorite's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002035^[20].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include rock^[2] and astronomical object^[3].

Influence

Things named for meteorite include impact winter^[21], a global cooling^[22]; Kh-90 Meteorit^[23], a missile model^[24]; Kh-80^[25], a missile model^[26]; and kryptonite^[27].

Why It Matters

meteorite has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[1] meteorite is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]

Entities named for meteorite include impact winter^[21], a global cooling^[22]; Kh-90 Meteorit^[23], a missile model^[24]; Kh-80^[25], a missile model^[26]; and kryptonite^[27].