- 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...
- 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...
- The
Carancas impact event refers to the fall of the
Carancas chondritic meteorite on
September 15, 2007, near the
village of
Carancas in Peru,
close to...
- 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...
- Look up
Meteorite,
meteorite, or
météorite in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
meteorite is an
object that
originates in
outer space and
impacts the...
- 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...
- Iron
meteorites, also
called siderites or
ferrous meteorites, are a type of
meteorite that
consist overwhelmingly of an iron–nickel
alloy known as meteoric...
- In
meteoritics, a
meteorite classification system attempts to
group similar meteorites and
allows scientists to
communicate with a
standardized terminology...
-
estimated 15,000
tonnes of that
material entering the
atmosphere each year. A
meteorite is the
remains of a
meteoroid that has
survived the
ablation of its surface...
-
several earlier names, and
fragments of the
meteorite are
officially called the
Canyon Diablo Meteorite,
after the
adjacent Canyon Diablo.
Meteor Crater...
