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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... less in diameter . They have been found in the clay beneath the oceans remote from land and in ice from Antarctica and Greenland . Interplanetary dust particles are irregular in shape and less than two - thousandths of an inch in size ...
... less in diameter . They have been found in the clay beneath the oceans remote from land and in ice from Antarctica and Greenland . Interplanetary dust particles are irregular in shape and less than two - thousandths of an inch in size ...
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... less so if the velocity is high - dashed lines ) . This gravitational focussing generally concentrates falls towards the equatorial region of the Earth . Very occasionally it can result in falls on the side of the Earth facing away from ...
... less so if the velocity is high - dashed lines ) . This gravitational focussing generally concentrates falls towards the equatorial region of the Earth . Very occasionally it can result in falls on the side of the Earth facing away from ...
الصفحة 46
... less likely possibilities . This account is a good illustration of the dependence of scientists on the non - scientific community for observations of rare , transient events such as meteorite falls . The study of meteorites provides ...
... less likely possibilities . This account is a good illustration of the dependence of scientists on the non - scientific community for observations of rare , transient events such as meteorite falls . The study of meteorites provides ...
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