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 34
... highlands are anorthosites , light - gray rocks containing mainly feldspar , a light - colored mineral containing calcium , aluminum and silicon . ACHONDRITES FROM THE MOON The Moon , our nearest neighbor , is the only natural satellite ...
... highlands are anorthosites , light - gray rocks containing mainly feldspar , a light - colored mineral containing calcium , aluminum and silicon . ACHONDRITES FROM THE MOON The Moon , our nearest neighbor , is the only natural satellite ...
الصفحة 36
... highlands . It is clear that some impacts on the Moon were violent enough to eject material from its 36a A thin section of a lunar mare basalt ( 0.04 of an inch across ) . This volcanic rock was returned to Earth by the Apollo 11 ...
... highlands . It is clear that some impacts on the Moon were violent enough to eject material from its 36a A thin section of a lunar mare basalt ( 0.04 of an inch across ) . This volcanic rock was returned to Earth by the Apollo 11 ...
الصفحة
... Highlands ( lunar ) Bright regions on the Moon comprising ancient crust dominated by anorthosite . Howardite Class of achondrite ; surface " soil " of an asteroid . Igneous rock Rock formed by the solidification of molten rock ...
... Highlands ( lunar ) Bright regions on the Moon comprising ancient crust dominated by anorthosite . Howardite Class of achondrite ; surface " soil " of an asteroid . Igneous rock Rock formed by the solidification of molten rock ...
المحتوى
Introduction | 1 |
How do meteorites get here? | 8 |
Where do meteorites come from? | 14 |
حقوق النشر | |
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عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
aluminum amounts Antarctica appear asteroids atmosphere basaltic become blue body bright caused chemical chondrite chondrules cloud cometary comets composed composition contain cooled core cosmic cosmic ray crater crust crystals dark decay determine diameter dust Earth elements event evidence fall fell field fireball formation formed fragments grains gravity gray half-life heating highlands impact inches indicates interior iron meteorites iron-nickel metal known land on Earth less light liquid lunar magnesium Mars material measurable melting Meteor meteoroid micrometeorites miles million years ago minerals molten Moon natural nickel objects observed occurred olivine orbit origin parent particles percent pieces planetary planets Polished present probably produced radioactive rare regions rocks samples seen shower shows single Solar System space speed stars stone stony meteorite structure surface temperature thin thought tiny tons types volcanic weight wind