MeteoritesSterling Pub., 1993 - 60 من الصفحات "A wonderful resource....Students will be drawn to read and investigate....The text is direct, interesting, and free of mind-numbing chemistry and physics formulas that so often deter YAs from further investigation....An exceptionally well-done summary."-- "SLJ . "Well-written and nicely illustrated....The technical quality of the book is very good...."-- "Science Bks & Films, a starred review . 60 pages (all in color), 8 1/4 x 7 7/8. |
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... Meteorites and asteroids The size of parent asteroids Do some meteorites come from comets ? Time & the origin of planets Meteorite impact & evolution Future research Glossary Index Acknowledgements Front Cover : Meteor Crater ...
... Meteorites and asteroids The size of parent asteroids Do some meteorites come from comets ? Time & the origin of planets Meteorite impact & evolution Future research Glossary Index Acknowledgements Front Cover : Meteor Crater ...
الصفحة 9
... meteor showers to vary in intensity from year to year . In 1799 the Earth passed through a particularly dense part of the Leonid meteor stream , to produce this awesome display . The meteors are known as Leonids because they appear to ...
... meteor showers to vary in intensity from year to year . In 1799 the Earth passed through a particularly dense part of the Leonid meteor stream , to produce this awesome display . The meteors are known as Leonids because they appear to ...
الصفحة 13
... the crust had broken off . The meteorite proved to be stony and of the type of chondrite most commonly seen to fall . 17a 17b We know from their association with bright fireballs that meteorites. 13 HOW DO METEORITES GET HERE ?
... the crust had broken off . The meteorite proved to be stony and of the type of chondrite most commonly seen to fall . 17a 17b We know from their association with bright fireballs that meteorites. 13 HOW DO METEORITES GET HERE ?
المحتوى
Introduction | 1 |
How do meteorites get here? | 8 |
Where do meteorites come from? | 14 |
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anorthosite Antarctica Apollo astroblemes atmospheric flight basaltic basaltic achondrites basaltic rock blue ice bombardment bright fireball calcium carbonaceous chondrite caused chemical elements chondrites contain chondrules cometary composed cooled core Cosmic spherules crater crystals dark decay feldspar fell formation age fragments fusion crust gravity group IAB Halley's Comet highlands howardites igneous rocks IIAB inches indicates interplanetary dust interstellar cloud iridium iron meteorites iron-nickel metal land on Earth liquid lunar magnesium mare Mars melting mesosiderites Meteor meteorite falls meteorite impact meteorite landed meteorite shower meteoroid micrometeorites million years ago mineral grains molten Moon nebula objects observed occurred olivine orbit palladium Pallasites parent asteroid particles percent nickel planetary planets formed plutonium produced pyroxene radioactive aluminum samples silicate SNC meteorites Solar System solar wind solidified sonic booms space speed stars stone stony material stony meteorite stony minerals Stony-iron meteorite sulfide Sun and planets supernova surface temperature Widmanstätten pattern