Nothing Ordinary About Ordinary Chondrites
Category: Meteorite Information
Posted: Sep 2, 2010 09:04 PM
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The large meteorites seen in museums are often made of nickel
iron. That might give one the impression that most meteorites are solid
metal. But, the fact of the matter is that most meteorites are made of
stone...
Meteorite Collecting
Category: Meteorite Information
Posted: Sep 2, 2010 09:03 PM
Views: 4478
We humans are a species of collectors. Ancients things, new things, art,
and oddities are all collected. Included in that list are meteorites.
But, why do we collect them? One reason is that meteorites are the
rarest of objects on our planet. Far rarer than...
What Is So Special About Meteorites
Category: Meteorite Information
Posted: Sep 2, 2010 09:03 PM
Views: 1586
The Earth’s mass is 6,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000
kilograms, roughly speaking and that is a lot of kilos. But tomorrow it
will be just a little greater. Because today like everyday some rocks...
It was a Bad Day to be in Arizona
Category: Meteorite Information
Posted: Sep 2, 2010 09:03 PM
Views: 1444
Imagine a grass covered expanse with creatures both savage
and exotic. Its 49,000 years ago and the North American Continent is in a
brief interglacial period of warmth. This warmth has created a lush
environment for Woolly Mammoths...
Meteorite Care
Category: Meteorite Information
Posted: Sep 2, 2010 09:02 PM
Views: 11583
With a few notable exceptions meteorites have iron in metallic form as
part of their composition. On Earth native iron is truly rare, the
moisture and oxygen in the atmosphere quickly convert metallic iron into
iron oxide. Well let's make it simple: rust. So meteorites with
metallic iron need to be protected from moisture. In most cases...
Moon Meteorites and Mars Meteorites
Category: Meteorite Information
Posted: Sep 2, 2010 09:01 PM
Views: 5031
It seems that when the discussion of Martian and Lunar
meteorites comes up two questions are always asked. First how do they
get to Earth? And secondly, how do you know they are from the Moon or
Mars...
Canyon Diablo Iron Meteorites
Category: Meteorite Information
Posted: Sep 2, 2010 06:56 PM
Views: 2407
49,000 years ago a small iron asteroid plunged through the
Earth’s atmosphere. And though it was small in astronomical terms it
created a crater three quarters of a mile across. Scattered around the
crater were found starting in the 18802s hundreds of chunks of
meteoritic iron. As the years passed...