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To: orionblamblam

Meteoriod is probably the most accurate term. (Same source defines "asteroid" as being between several kilometers and several hundred kilometers in diameter.) It's like the distinction between "ship" and "boat".

meteoroid (mê´tê-e-roid´) noun
A solid body, moving in space, that is smaller than an asteroid and at least as large as a speck of dust.

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17 posted on 12/23/2004 7:05:22 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (NYT Headline: "The Protocols of the Learned Elders of CBS", Fake But Accurate, Experts Say)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
It's like the distinction between "ship" and "boat".

How big does a sail boat have to be before it becomes a ship?
A friend of mine is buying a 118' sail boat.
He didn't know the answer.

19 posted on 12/23/2004 7:11:52 AM PST by ASA Vet (Those who know don't talk. Those who talk don't know.)
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