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Talk:Micrometeoroid

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It seems to me misleading to frame the discussion of micrometeoroids primarily as dangers to space exploration; they are heavily studied as clues to astrobiology, the origin of life, etc. I'm only beginning to explore this topic so as of now I'm not going to edit the article, but I'm leaving this note in hope that someone who is more informed might edit it.

Brownlee particles (a.k.a. Cosmic dust) seem to be relevant to this discussion as well. --babbage 23:17, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• There is considerable overlap (not as much as bolide though). Rsduhamel 05:13, 19 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• No to merging. There is a substantial difference in the origins of meteoroids and meteorites. User:HopsonRoad 14:40, 12 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Maybe to merging. The IAU no longer recognizes micrometeoroids as a category, but... what's a terabyte worth? I feel there is little harm in two articles, assuming content can be written that is relevant and distinguishing. 213.174.153.1 (talk) 14:02, 25 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The text under the heading "Flux" is redundant between the two large paragraphs. If someone hasn't merged the two into a better paragraph when next I return, I will edit it. Swarmphysics (talk) 21:30, 11 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Swarmphysics, thanks for calling this out. Check out my edits to see whether they retain the essential material and create a logical flow. Cheers, HopsonRoad (talk) 00:50, 12 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Project star dust photographs them using John Larsen and they are single chondrules. 2607:FEA8:299D:CD00:2477:A3EB:40D8:CF9E (talk) 21:10, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]