- are
broadly divided into:
Howardites Eucrites Diogenites Several subgroups of both
eucrites and
diogenites have been found. The HED
meteorites account for...
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Diogenites are a
group of the HED
meteorite clan, a type of
achondritic stony meteorites.
Diogenites are
currently believed to
originate from deep within...
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stony meteorite of the
diogenite class in the HED group. H, or
howardites are a mix of
diogenites and eucrites, with
diogenites being the
lower or deeper...
- "Dawn; the Vesta-HED connection; and the
geologic context for eucrite,
diogenites, and howardites".
Meteoritics &
Planetary Science. 48 (11): 2090–21–4...
- Vesta, also
called basaltic achondrites)
Howardite group Eucrite group Diogenite group Angrite group Aubrite group (enstatite achondrites)
Ureilite group...
- pyroxenes, and Ca-rich
feldspar and is
similar in
composition to
eucrites and
diogenites. They are a rare type of meteorite; as of
November 2014 only 208 are known...
- mantles; for example,
Vesta has a
silicate mantle similar in
composition to
diogenite meteorites. Earth's
internal heat
budget Lehmann discontinuity Mantle...
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David W. (June 2015). "Asteroid (4) Vesta: I. The howardite-eucrite-
diogenite (HED) clan of meteorites". Geochemistry. 75 (2): 155–183. Bibcode:2015ChEG...
- J-type
asteroids are
asteroids with
spectra similar to that of
diogenite meteorites and so, presumably, to the
deeper layers of the
crust of 4 Vesta....
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meteorite consists largely of the
mineral enstatite, and is of the rare
Diogenite type.
Tataouine became the
inspiration of
Tatooine when the town was chosen...
