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 20
... rocks on Earth ( Fig . 25 ) . Rocks similar to some meteorites may well occur within the interior of the Earth . On the basis of their composition , meteorites are divided into stony , iron and stony - iron types . Stony meteorites ...
... rocks on Earth ( Fig . 25 ) . Rocks similar to some meteorites may well occur within the interior of the Earth . On the basis of their composition , meteorites are divided into stony , iron and stony - iron types . Stony meteorites ...
الصفحة 25
... rocks ( rocks formed by melting such as basalt lava on Earth ) . Most of the achondrites are fragments of rock that crystallized from molten rock ( magma ) produced by melting inside an asteroid . There are also twelve stones that came ...
... rocks ( rocks formed by melting such as basalt lava on Earth ) . Most of the achondrites are fragments of rock that crystallized from molten rock ( magma ) produced by melting inside an asteroid . There are also twelve stones that came ...
الصفحة 28
... Rocks from the mare regions are dark basalts ( volcanic rocks ) . In contrast , many of those from the highlands are anorthosites , light - gray rocks containing mainly feldspar , a light - colored mineral containing calcium , aluminum ...
... Rocks from the mare regions are dark basalts ( volcanic rocks ) . In contrast , many of those from the highlands are anorthosites , light - gray rocks containing mainly feldspar , a light - colored mineral containing calcium , aluminum ...
المحتوى
Introduction | 1 |
How do meteorites get here? | 8 |
Where do meteorites come from? | 14 |
حقوق النشر | |
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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 IAB Halley's Comet highlands howardites igneous rocks IIAB 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