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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... known as the Widmanstätten structure , is present in most iron meteorites and formed as 41 Polished surface of the nickel - rich Skookum iron , viewed under a microscope in reflected light ( width one - sixteenth of an inch ) . This ...
... known as the Widmanstätten structure , is present in most iron meteorites and formed as 41 Polished surface of the nickel - rich Skookum iron , viewed under a microscope in reflected light ( width one - sixteenth of an inch ) . This ...
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... known precisely for observed meteorite falls . It is less well known for meteorite finds . When in orbit around the Sun , a meteoroid is bombarded by cosmic rays . After landing on Earth the meteorite is protected by the atmosphere and ...
... known precisely for observed meteorite falls . It is less well known for meteorite finds . When in orbit around the Sun , a meteoroid is bombarded by cosmic rays . After landing on Earth the meteorite is protected by the atmosphere and ...
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... known , but each of the first five ended in a biological revolution . The latest biological revolution is the best known . For 150 million years reptiles dominated the Mesozoic Era ( Fig . 63 ) . Then dinosaurs , pleisiosaurs and ...
... known , but each of the first five ended in a biological revolution . The latest biological revolution is the best known . For 150 million years reptiles dominated the Mesozoic Era ( Fig . 63 ) . Then dinosaurs , pleisiosaurs and ...
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 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