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called meteorite falls. All
others are
known as
meteorite finds.
Meteorites have
traditionally been
divided into
three broad categories:
stony meteorites that...
- 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...
- Iron
meteorites, also
called siderites or
ferrous meteorites, are a type of
meteorite that
consist overwhelmingly of an iron–nickel
alloy known as meteoric...
- Look up
meteoritics in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Meteoritics is the
science that
deals with meteors,
meteorites, and meteoroids. It is
closely connected...
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parent bodies of the CR
meteorites. 4
Vesta – second-largest
asteroid in the
asteroid belt and
likely source of the HED
meteorites. 221 Eos – an asteroid...
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crater also
being known as "Barringer Crater."
Meteorites from the area are
called Canyon Diablo meteorites,
after Canyon Diablo, Arizona,
which was the...
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through the
atmosphere and
reach Earth's surface, they are
called meteorites.
Meteorites are
transformed in
structure and
chemistry by the heat of entry...
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claimed to have been
struck by "
meteorites" but no
verifiable meteorites have resulted. A
small number of
meteorite falls have been
observed with automated...
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composed of
rocky material (stony
meteorites),
metallic material (iron
meteorites), or
mixtures (stony–iron
meteorites).
These categories have been in use...
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Meteorite hunting is the
search for
meteorites. A
person engaged in the
search for
meteorites is
known as a
meteorite hunter.
Meteorite hunters may be...
