Recent Examples on the WebThe first one, called a deep-field image, is of a patch of sky that, from Earth, is about the equivalent of what would be occluded by a grain of sand—or a micrometeoroid—held out at arm’s length. Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022 While the James Webb was damaged by the micrometeoroid, the telescope is still performing beyond expectations. Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 21 July 2022 Since its launch, arguably the roughest luck the James Webb Space Telescope has had is hitting a micrometeoroid the size of a grain of sand. Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022 But a micrometeoroid has now taken a swing at the James Webb. Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 9 June 2022 That’s despite the space observatory last week being struck by a micrometeoroid. Jamie Carter, Forbes, 11 June 2022 James Webb space telescope has been hit by a micrometeoroid. Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 9 June 2022 The recent hit—a micrometeoroid is tiny, generally considered smaller than a grain of sand and weighing less than a gram—was larger than what was modeled, and beyond what could have been tested on the ground, NASA tells Reuters. Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 9 June 2022 Most of this material is being delivered by micrometeoroids from the Kuiper belt, a distant source of icy objects beyond the orbit of Neptune.Quanta Magazine, 26 Nov. 2019 See More