noun
- the scientific study of meteorites and meteors
Usage: scientific field
Examples
- She earned her PhD in meteoritics from the university.
- The meteoritics laboratory analyzes samples from space rocks.
- Advances in meteoritics have helped us understand the early solar system.
- The conference brought together experts in meteoritics from around the world.
- His research in meteoritics focuses on iron meteorites.
- The meteoritics department received a new meteorite sample for analysis.