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 18
... types , which was wholly unexpected . A group of meteorites found together would normally be from a single fall , so they would have identical compositions . It is highly improbable that nine meteorites of such different types were ...
... types , which was wholly unexpected . A group of meteorites found together would normally be from a single fall , so they would have identical compositions . It is highly improbable that nine meteorites of such different types were ...
الصفحة 37
... types - pallasites and 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 ...
... types - pallasites and 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 ...
الصفحة 39
... types . The inclusion is 1.5 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 ...
... types . The inclusion is 1.5 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 ...
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 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