Word: meteoric
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...dreams of flying almost every night." The rocket man is told by his double-dome dad (Herbert Marshall), a rocket scientist, to go and catch a meteorite. He does this, 80 miles above the earth, with the help of the most startling invention since the Sky Hook-the "Meteor Scoop." Details are not disclosed (presumably they are not yet known to the Russians), but the principle is evident: the rocket has a lower lip that drops down at the strategic moment, and the meteorite just pops in like an interstellar sourball...
...Delta Aquarids, the trio of scientists stated, move in a highly elliptical orbit around the sun. Such an orbit differs greatly from that of any other meteor swarms. According to the astronomers, the particles did not originate from the debris of a comet in the usual manner of meteor formation...
Although this new type of meteor formation differs from the standard from of origin and orbit, the astronomers could find no other variations after examining the formation by both telescope and radar...
...trio disclosed that the meteor particles must be either very heat resistant or very young in order to withstand an intense heat of nearly 1500 degrees Fahrenheit when they pass within 5,500,000 miles...
...distance of 480,000,000 miles from the sun, the Delta Aqurids pass near the orbit of the planet Jupiter and the powerful gravitational field of this planet. The scientists stated that the meteor particles are subject to extreme distortion at this time...