Astrobleme
Nov. 18th, 2012 04:33 am![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png)
Presented in honor of the recent Leonid meteor shower.
as·tro·bleme (ˈæstrəˌbliːm):
origin: Greek "astron" (a star), Indo-European "blema" (shot, wound)
noun
A structure caused by the impact of a cosmic body (meteorite) leaving a scar on the crust of the Earth; geology term → a.k.a: "Star Wound"
( ~example in France~ )
as·tro·bleme (ˈæstrəˌbliːm):
origin: Greek "astron" (a star), Indo-European "blema" (shot, wound)
noun
A structure caused by the impact of a cosmic body (meteorite) leaving a scar on the crust of the Earth; geology term → a.k.a: "Star Wound"
( ~example in France~ )