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A meteorite is a rock that originated in outer space and has fallen to the surface of a planet or moon. When the original object enters the atmosphere...70 KB (8,189 words) - 17:16, 20 May 2024
as a meteorite. As of September 2020[update], 277 meteorites had been classified as Martian, less than half a percent of the 72,000 meteorites that have...34 KB (3,735 words) - 19:41, 16 March 2024
Meteorite, officially named Willamette and originally known as Tomanowos by the Clackamas Chinook Native American tribe, is an iron-nickel meteorite found...21 KB (2,080 words) - 08:16, 19 May 2024
Iron meteorites, also called siderites or ferrous meteorites, are a type of meteorite that consist overwhelmingly of an iron–nickel alloy known as meteoric...18 KB (2,191 words) - 00:56, 22 March 2024
A meteorite fall, also called an observed fall, is a meteorite collected after its fall from outer space was observed by people or automated devices. Any...163 KB (1,191 words) - 10:43, 24 January 2024
Meteoroid (section Meteorites)through the atmosphere and reach Earth's surface, they are called meteorites. Meteorites are transformed in structure and chemistry by the heat of entry...55 KB (5,706 words) - 08:40, 16 May 2024
In meteoritics, a meteorite classification system attempts to group similar meteorites and allows scientists to communicate with a standardized terminology...14 KB (1,580 words) - 03:30, 15 April 2024
Meteor Crater (redirect from Barringer Meteorite Crater)several earlier names, and fragments of the meteorite are officially called the Canyon Diablo Meteorite, after the adjacent Canyon Diablo. Meteor Crater...41 KB (4,307 words) - 03:57, 17 May 2024
The Hoba (/ˈhoʊbə/ HOH-bə) meteorite is named after the farm Hoba West, where it lies, not far from Grootfontein, in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia...10 KB (1,113 words) - 20:36, 13 May 2024- Look up meteoritics in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Meteoritics is the science that deals with meteors, meteorites, and meteoroids. It is closely connected...11 KB (1,267 words) - 19:20, 15 February 2023
Tunguska event (redirect from Tungus meteorite)JSTOR 26000644. PMID 18642546. Krinov, E. L. Giant Meteorites, trans. J. S. Romankiewicz (Part III: The Tunguska Meteorite), (Oxford and New York) Pergamon Press...75 KB (8,961 words) - 13:46, 12 May 2024- This is a glossary of terms used in meteoritics, the science of meteorites. 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z References 2 Pallas...18 KB (2,091 words) - 14:42, 2 October 2023
The Murchison meteorite is a meteorite that fell in Australia in 1969 near Murchison, Victoria. It belongs to the carbonaceous chondrite class, a group...20 KB (1,827 words) - 17:39, 15 April 2024
A lunar meteorite is a meteorite that is known to have originated on the Moon. A meteorite hitting the Moon is normally classified as a transient lunar...13 KB (1,284 words) - 16:21, 7 January 2024
Allan Hills 84001 (redirect from Allen hills meteorite)fragment of a Martian meteorite that was found in the Allan Hills in Antarctica on December 27, 1984, by a team of American meteorite hunters from the ANSMET...22 KB (2,283 words) - 17:21, 19 February 2024
The Cape York meteorite, also known as the Innaanganeq meteorite, is one of the largest known iron meteorites, classified as a medium octahedrite in chemical...13 KB (1,566 words) - 14:07, 27 March 2024
The Chelyabinsk meteorite (Russian: Челябинский метеорит, Chelyabinskii meteorit) is the fragmented remains of the large Chelyabinsk meteor of 15 February...19 KB (1,636 words) - 05:28, 16 May 2024
The Allende meteorite is the largest carbonaceous chondrite ever found on Earth. The fireball was witnessed at 01:05 on February 8, 1969, falling over...16 KB (1,822 words) - 05:40, 16 April 2024- Orconuma meteorite is a meteorite that was discovered in the Philippines, and it is one of six meteorites from the Philippines listed in the Meteoritical Society's...2 KB (220 words) - 03:01, 11 March 2024
- Meteorite Island (Danish: Meteorit Ø) is an island in Baffin Bay, in Avannaata municipality, off NW Greenland. The Cape York Meteorite fell thousands of...4 KB (243 words) - 22:55, 1 August 2022
- From meteor + -lite. Compare French météorolithe. meteorolite (plural meteorolites) A meteoric stone; an aerolite or meteorite. Part or all of this entry
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