“Microtektites, Microkrystites, and Spinels from a Late Pliocene Asteroid Impact in the Southern Ocean”
“New Evidence on the Size and Possible Effects of a Late Pliocene Oceanic Asteroid Impact”
and sentences like
“This month, a drilling platform will rise in the Gulf of Mexico, but it won’t be aiming for oil. Scientists will try to sink a diamond-tipped bit into the heart of Chicxulub crater—the buried remnant of the asteroid impact 66 million years ago that killed off the dinosaurs, along with most other life on the planet.”
(All from the American Association for the Advancement of Science"
Yeah. Just a quick search finds that most meteoroids come from collided asteroids, so trying to suggest they are separate species seems incorrect. My sister has a doctorate in astronomy (poor thing). I just texted her, but I suspect she’ll back you up.
The person who you corrected definitely didn’t know what a meteor was and was happy to learn something new. Didn’t seem to mind your “chop bustin’”.
I’d just like to say that I’d never encountered the word “meteoroid” before these threads.
That said, it seems a bit like arguing the meaning of the word “bullet”. Technically, it means just the projectile, but in colloquial speech it’s also used to describe the entire round of ammunition, and really, that’s just fine.
