Fiction aboutmeteoroids, small rocky or metallic bodies inouter space. Meteoroids are distinguished as objects significantly smaller thanasteroids, ranging in size from grains to objects up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) wide. Objects smaller than meteoroids are classified asmicrometeoroids orspace dust. The visible passage of a meteoroid, comet, or asteroidentering Earth's atmosphere is called ameteor, and a series of many meteors appearing seconds or minutes apart and appearing to originate from the same fixed point in the sky is called ameteor shower.

• Meteoroids
• Fiction about the Solar System
• Fiction about asteroids