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流星物質 (ryuuseibusshitsu) Japanese meaning: meteoroid | Kotomora

流りゅう星せい物ぶっ質しつ

りゅ

う

せ

い

ぶ

っ

し

つ

Meanings

1

Technical term in astronomy for a small rocky or metallic body in outer space, smaller than an asteroid.

流りゅう星せい物ぶっ質しつが地ち球きゅうの

大た

気いき

に

突とつ

入にゅう

する

と

、

流りゅう

星せい

と

し

て

観かん

測そく

さ

れる

。

When a meteoroid enters the Earth's atmosphere, it is observed as a meteor.

Kanji

流current, a sink, flow
星star, spot, dot
物thing, object, matter
質substance, quality, matter

Related words

流りゅう星せい
流星 (meteor) is the visible streak of light produced when a meteoroid enters the atmosphere, while 流星物質 is the physical object itself.
隕いん石せき
隕石 (meteorite) is a meteoroid that survives passage through the atmosphere and hits the ground.

Built from

流りゅう星せい+物ぶっ質しつ

Etymology

Compound of 流星 (meteor) and 物質 (matter, substance).