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What is a micrometeoroid?

What is a micrometeoroid? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (astronomy) an extraterrestrial particle less than a millimeter in size
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The suit consists of a seven-layer thermal micrometeoroid garment that protects the astronaut from micrometeoroids.
Debris from the lost micrometeoroid shield further complicated matters by pinning the remaining solar panel to the side of the station, preventing its deployment, thus leaving the station with a huge power deficit.
There were indications of some micrometeoroid orbital debris strikes on the sides of Orion, which was anticipated.
The next seven layers form the thermal micrometeoroid garment.
The cosmic dust detector recorded two micrometeoroid showers in September and December.
The atoms that are shot off the surface of this planet by solar wind and micrometeoroid impacts create Mercury's exosphere.

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