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extraterrestrial object

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Noun1.extraterrestrial objectextraterrestrial object - a natural object existing outside the earth and outside the earth's atmosphere
estraterrestrial body
natural object - an object occurring naturally; not made by man
comet - (astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit
meteor, meteoroid - (astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere
cosmos, macrocosm, universe, world, existence, creation - everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence"
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The scientists now report that at a depth of 766 m, a borehole pierced a beach ball-size rock that boars the chemical signature of an extraterrestrial object.
Blast survivors: fragments of asteroid found in ancient crater by Perkins, S. / Science News
When told later of his wife's remark comparing the Whitewater case to a fascination with extraterrestrial objects, Clinton threw back his head and roared with laughter.
FIRST LADY SAYS CHARGES ARE FAR-OUT : CLINTON SHRUGS OFF WHITEWATER ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Some mass extinctions, such as the disappearance of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, have been pinned on the impact of an extraterrestrial object.
Changes in the air: variations in atmospheric oxygen have affected ... by Perkins, Sid / Science News
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