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 37
... mesosiderites . Pallasites are mixtures of iron - nickel metal and the stony mineral olivine , a magnesium - iron silicate whose gem variety is known as peridot ( Fig . 44 ) . The olivine grains sit in a metal mesh , sometimes with a ...
... mesosiderites . Pallasites are mixtures of iron - nickel metal and the stony mineral olivine , a magnesium - iron silicate whose gem variety is known as peridot ( Fig . 44 ) . The olivine grains sit in a metal mesh , sometimes with a ...
الصفحة 38
... mesosiderites . 45a Polished slice of the Mincy meteorite ( 14.5 inches across ) . This stony - iron , from Missouri , is a mesosiderite that formed by the shock mixing of metal and stony fragments . Note the bright metal " slugs " and ...
... mesosiderites . 45a Polished slice of the Mincy meteorite ( 14.5 inches across ) . This stony - iron , from Missouri , is a mesosiderite that formed by the shock mixing of metal and stony fragments . Note the bright metal " slugs " and ...
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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