impactor
noun
im·pac·tor
im-ˈpak-tər 
variants
or impacter
1
: a machine (such as a steam or air hammer or a pile driver) or part that operates by striking blows
2
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Szabo says finding one of these potential impactors is still like finding a needle in a haystack.
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Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Yet the event’s infamous impactor was nothing compared with the asteroid that struck Earth 3.26 billion years ago, amid what scientists call the Archean eon of our planet’s 4.5-billion-year history.
—Douglas Fox, Scientific American, 21 Oct. 2024
Civilization-ending earth impactors continually capture our imaginations.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
By reverse engineering Ganymede’s position, Hirata calculated that the moon’s impactor was 186 miles wide, or about 20 times the size of the Chicxulub asteroid.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2024
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Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Yet the event’s infamous impactor was nothing compared with the asteroid that struck Earth 3.26 billion years ago, amid what scientists call the Archean eon of our planet’s 4.5-billion-year history.
—Douglas Fox, Scientific American, 21 Oct. 2024
Civilization-ending earth impactors continually capture our imaginations.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
By reverse engineering Ganymede’s position, Hirata calculated that the moon’s impactor was 186 miles wide, or about 20 times the size of the Chicxulub asteroid.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2024
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“Impactor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impactor. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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