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meteorite
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me·te·or·ite
/ ˈmētēəˌrīt/
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n.
a meteor that survives its passage through the earth's atmosphere such that part of it strikes the ground. More than 90 percent of meteorites are of rock, while the remainder consist wholly or partly of iron and nickel.
DERIVATIVES:
me·te·or·it·ic
/ ˈˌmētēəˈritik/ adj.
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Meteorites and possible meteorite impact features in Kansas.
Magazine article from: Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science; 3/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...anyone having seen a meteorite hit the ground, there...seeing and hearing meteorites as they fell. The fall of the Beardsley meteorite in Rawlins County in...discovery of the Covert meteorite 21 meteorites had been recorded in...
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Meteorites expert answers the call
Newspaper article from: The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL; 3/28/2007; ; 624 words
; ...personal collection lunar meteorites don't come cheap...There are some serious meteorite collectors and dealers...like to discover a meteorite, the options are limited...Occasionally, watchers see meteorites fall from the sky...Originally identified as a meteorite, it has since been...
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Meteorite mommy: Scientist responsible for collection of rocks.(Originated from Newport News Daily Press)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 11/18/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...microscopic life in a Martian meteorite. Lindstrom is herself a scientist...protector and guardian of the meteorites. ``I'm its mommy...celebrity rock from Mars. The meteorite collection is kept at NASA...brought from the moon. The meteorites range in size from mere chips...
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Meteorites Offer Glimpse of Early Earth, Say Purdue University Scientists.
News Wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service; 9/28/2005; 700+ words
; ...our knowledge of EC meteorites, one of many different meteorite classes. Meteorites come from many different...isotopes of oxygen in a meteorite's minerals. Chunks...moon, the Earth and EC meteorites, for example, have...
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Meteorite Hunters Scour Southwest
News Wire article from: AP Online; 10/28/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...years of hunting meteorites, Haag has followed...multiple meteorite drops that happen...in Tucson. ``Meteorites are a piece of...by studying the meteorite you hold in your...make for ideal meteorite hunting terrain...sized or larger meteorites have fallen in...
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Meteorites: to stream or not to stream? (pattern of falling meteorites)
Magazine article from: Science News; 8/1/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...have found compelling evidence that meteorites sometimes fall to Earth in streams...location and chemical analysis of a set of meteorites that struck Earth during the 19th century...Spurred by recent suggestions that some meteorites travel in groups, a team led by Michael...
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Meteorites from A to Z. (Media Reviews). (book review)
Magazine article from: Rocks & Minerals; 3/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...2003. For the meteorite collector who wants...document listing known meteorites, the "bible...thousand named meteorites. For each entry...information given is the meteorite name, classification...circle precedes the meteorite name so that each...numbered Saharan meteorites, a ...
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METEORITES ARE THE STARS OF THIS SHOW
News Wire article from: United Press International; 10/3/2003; 700+ words
; ...easier to chip away at meteorites than to dig for the...with two pieces of the meteorite. Researched by mining...year-old Allende meteorite that exploded over...being absorbed into the meteorite. Although many of...Sally Ride explains meteorites and their relation...
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Chasing Meteorites.
Newspaper article from: The Week (Muscat, Oman); 6/7/2009; 700+ words
; ...teamAAEs study on OmanAAEs meteorites was published in scientific...that it is not because meteorite falls are more abundant...climate is dry, so the meteorites do not weather and...and recognition of meteorites.Ao According to Beda...northern Africa but meteorite collection there is...
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Meteorite or space junk? Call Rutgers geologists
News Wire article from: University Wire; 1/23/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...observe a meteorite falling to...for lack of meteorites. She said...Even if a meteorite falls in a...A lot of meteorites come into...found in a meteorite. Namely...as dense. Meteorites made of iron...
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Meteorites
Book article from: Space Sciences
...are various other meteorite giants, including...five recovered meteorites are shown in the...to form. Thus, meteorites represent a fossil...solar nebula. Meteorite Craters A consequence of large meteorites striking Earth...
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meteorite
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...surface. Notable Meteorites Mexico's Chicxulub...the site of a meteorite impact so immense...conical Willamette meteorite, weighing about...Mexico a number of meteorites have been found...from Space: Meteorites and Meteorite Hunters (2d...
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Murchison Meteorite
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...exemplified by the Murchison meteorite (meteorites rich in complex carbon...Murchison and Murray meteorites (a carbonaceous chondrite meteorite found in Kentucky...observed in the Murchison meteorite with other meteorites. See also...
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Meteorite Crater
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of Landforms and Other Geologic Features
Meteorite crater In July 1994, pieces of the comet...and Neptune. The shape of the land A meteorite is a fragment of extraterrestrial material...called meteor showers. On Earth, a meteorite crater, also known as an impact crater...
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iron meteorite
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
iron meteorite A meteorite composed primarily of...a siderite . Some iron meteorites are probably material...Cape York and Hoba West meteorites . Meteor Crater in Arizona...the impact of an iron meteorite.
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