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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... inches ) . The plates of low - nickel metal are three - eighths of an inch thick . The cross - hatching on each plate is the result of deformation caused by shock from a collision in space . The Widmanstätten pattern is so coarse that ...
... inches ) . The plates of low - nickel metal are three - eighths of an inch thick . The cross - hatching on each plate is the result of deformation caused by shock from a collision in space . The Widmanstätten pattern is so coarse that ...
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... inches long . 48 The Bencubbin , Western Australia , stony - iron meteorite ( 2.75 inches across ) . This is a complex mixture of iron , one type of achondrite and two types of chondrite . The mixture suffered two or more impacts . The ...
... inches long . 48 The Bencubbin , Western Australia , stony - iron meteorite ( 2.75 inches across ) . This is a complex mixture of iron , one type of achondrite and two types of chondrite . The mixture suffered two or more impacts . The ...
الصفحة 48
... inches . 56a The Jamestown , North Dakota , meteorite has a fine structure , the bands being only 0.012 inches thick . 56b The Bohumilitz , Czechoslovakia , meteorite has a coarse structure , the bands being one - sixteenth of an inch ...
... inches . 56a The Jamestown , North Dakota , meteorite has a fine structure , the bands being only 0.012 inches thick . 56b The Bohumilitz , Czechoslovakia , meteorite has a coarse structure , the bands being one - sixteenth of an inch ...
المحتوى
Introduction | 1 |
How do meteorites get here? | 8 |
Where do meteorites come from? | 14 |
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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