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- Tektites (from Ancient Gr**** τηκτός (tēktós) 'molten') are gravel-sized bodies composed of black, green, brown or grey natural gl**** formed from terrestrial...
- The Tektite habitat was an underwater laboratory which was the home to divers during Tektite I and II programs. The Tektite program was the first scientists-in-the-sea...
- project Tektite's conceptual origins within the U.S space program).[citation needed] The Tektite II missions were carried out in 1970. Tektite II comprised...
- The North American tektite strewn field is a large area, known as a strewn field, in North America defined by the presence of tektites consistent with having...
- The Australasian strewnfield is the youngest and largest of the tektite strewnfields, with recent estimates suggesting it might cover 10%–30% of the Earth's...
- Ries Crater) that occurred about 15 million years ago. It is a type of tektite and a gemstone. Material ejected from the impact crater includes moldavite...
- Tasmanite are tektites found in Tasmania, a regional form of australite, the most common type of tektite, gl**** of meteorite origin, traditionally named...
- An Indochinite is a type of tektite. Tektites were ejected into the Earth's upper atmosphere by a meteorite impact and subsequently cooled to form the...
- 1969 to 1970, NASA carried out two programs, known as Tektite I and Tektite II, using the Tektite habitat. Missions were carried out in which scientists...
- meteorite impact crater can cool and solidify into an object known as a tektite. These are often mistaken for meteorites. Terrestrial rock, sometimes with...