meteorite crater

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Definition of meteorite crater in English English dictionary

Depression that results from the impact of a meteorite with a solid object in space. Impact craters have been discovered on Earth, the Moon, Mars, other planets and satellites, and asteroids; they probably occur on unprotected surfaces of similar bodies throughout the universe. Impact craters are much less common on Earth than on the Moon, partly because friction burns up most of the smaller bodies that enter Earth's atmosphere. Thus, any craters formed on Earth's surface tend to be larger than the average size of all entering meteorites

Hyphenation

me·te·or·ite Crat·er

Turkish pronunciation

mitiôrayt kreytır

Pronunciation

/ˈmētēôˌrīt ˈkrātər/ /ˈmiːtiːɔːˌraɪt ˈkreɪtɜr/