Sentence examples for struck the surface from inspiring English sources

Recently a major comet struck the surface of Jupiter.

During the next few hours, the fog enclosed the men and the balloon struck the surface continually—"8 touches in 30m," "bumpings every 5th minute," and "paid visits to the surface and stamped it about every 50 meters"—nevertheless, "humour good," Andrée wrote.

During the next few hours, the fog enclosed the men and the balloon struck the surface continually — "8 touches in 30m," "bumpings every 5th minute," and "paid visits to the surface and stamped it about every 50 meters" — nevertheless, "humour good," Andrée wrote.

The surface was covered in volcanoes, much of the ground ran with molten magma, and huge rocks struck the surface on a regular basis.

The droplets struck the surface with speeds ranging from 2 to 7 meters per second, and for a given speed, the researchers found they could eliminate the splash by lowering the pressure beyond a specific threshold.

While entering the atmosphere on 15 December 1970, the parachute is believed to have partially torn, and the probe struck the surface with a hard, yet not fatal, impact.

Despite being about 1200 m distant, debris from the explosion struck the surfaced U-boat, slightly injuring a crewman; the next day an unfuzed 10 cm shell was found lodged in the conning tower.

A meteorite is a larger fragment, from pebble to boulder-sized, that survives to strike the surface of the Earth.

Every day and every night somewhere in one of the world's oceans my father is striking the surface of the abyss with swords of fire.

Abrasive fragments borne by a stream of liquid or gas may wear down a surface if they strike the surface at high speeds.

If Beagle survived this far, it would have inflated a set of huge airbags, encasing it in a soft cocoon before striking the surface at around 36mph.