Meteoroid

A meteoroid was an astronomical object. The Nightdragon man-of-war Vigilant once encountered a smaller meteoroid, but caught it in a tractor beam and sent it arrowing toward an enemy patrol cruiser instead.
==Behind the scenes==
In real life, a meteoroid is a lump of rock or iron that orbits around the sun. If it enters Earth's, or another planet's, atmosphere but burns up before it reaches the ground, the streak of light that appears in the sky called a meteor. A meteorite, on the other hand, is a meteoroid that enters the planet's atmosphere and survives the trip and hits the ground. Meteoroids range in size from tiny dust grains to about 330 feet (100 meters); space debris any bigger than this is considered an asteroid.
==Appearances==
*Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil 
==Notes and references==
Category:Types of astronomical objects