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Gas-rich meteorites are meteorites with high levels of primordial gases, such as helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon and sometimes other elements. [1] Though these gases are present "in virtually all meteorites," [ 2 ] the Fayetteville meteorite has ~2,000,000 x10 −8 cc STP / g helium, [ 3 ] or ~2% helium by volume equivalent.
2013 Russian meteor event – a 17-metre diameter, 10 000 ton [105] asteroid hit the atmosphere above Chelyabinsk, Russia at 18 km/s around 09:20 local time (03:20 UTC) 15 February 2013, producing a very bright fireball [106] in the morning sky. A number of small meteorite fragments have since been found nearby. [107]
A meteorite mineral is a mineral found chiefly or exclusively within meteorites or meteorite-derived material. [ citation needed ] This is a list of those minerals, excluding minerals also commonly found in terrestrial rocks.
Meteoric iron, sometimes meteoritic iron, [1] is a native metal and early-universe protoplanetary-disk remnant found in meteorites and made from the elements iron and nickel, mainly in the form of the mineral phases kamacite and taenite. Meteoric iron makes up the bulk of iron meteorites but is also found in other
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Meteoritics [note 1] is the science that deals with meteors, meteorites, and meteoroids. [ note 2 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is closely connected to cosmochemistry , mineralogy and geochemistry . A specialist who studies meteoritics is known as a meteoriticist .
The Winchcombe meteorite is a rare find, with a similar hydrogen isotope ratio to the water on Earth.. Recovering a meteorite within 12 hours of arrival means it is as pristine a specimen as we ...
Ordinary chondrites are the most abundant type of meteorite found on Earth making up 85% of all meteorites recorded. [17] Ordinary chondrites are thought to have all originated from three different sources thus they come in three types LL, L, and H; LL stands for Low iron, Low metal, L stands for Low iron abundance, and H is High iron content.