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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الصفحة 8
... fireball is extinguished and the residue falls under gravity to become a meteorite . The last melted material on the surface of the body solidifies to form a thin , usually black , fusion crust ( see Fig . 14 ) . A bright fireball may ...
... fireball is extinguished and the residue falls under gravity to become a meteorite . The last melted material on the surface of the body solidifies to form a thin , usually black , fusion crust ( see Fig . 14 ) . A bright fireball may ...
الصفحة 11
... fireball illustrated in Fig . 10 was seen by observers over parts of New Mexico , Colorado , Kansas , Oklahoma and ... fireball , others saw a cluster , or procession , of fireballs and a few people witnessed the break - up of a single ...
... fireball illustrated in Fig . 10 was seen by observers over parts of New Mexico , Colorado , Kansas , Oklahoma and ... fireball , others saw a cluster , or procession , of fireballs and a few people witnessed the break - up of a single ...
الصفحة 12
... fireball observation . No meteorite has yet been recovered , but it is highly likely that some material survived to land on Earth . The text is from the Bulletin of the Global Volcanism Network , which also covers earthquakes , fireballs ...
... fireball observation . No meteorite has yet been recovered , but it is highly likely that some material survived to land on Earth . The text is from the Bulletin of the Global Volcanism Network , which also covers earthquakes , fireballs ...
المحتوى
Introduction | 1 |
How do meteorites get here? | 8 |
Where do meteorites come from? | 14 |
حقوق النشر | |
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عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
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 IIAB Halley's Comet highlands howardites igneous rocks 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