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70 Percent Of Meteorites That Hit Earth Appear To Have A Common Origin
These were meteorites that came from Vesta (the second largest asteroid in the Solar System), the Moon, and Mars, and are ...
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Types of meteorites
There are two main types of stony meteorite: chondrites (some of the oldest materials in the solar system) and achondrites (including meteorites from asteroids, Mars and the Moon). Both chondrites and ...
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Primitive Asteroids Supply Earth's Volatiles
The study involved the analysis of 21 meteorites, categorized into various types such as achondrites, iron meteorites, carbonaceous chondrites (CCs), enstatite chondrites (ECs), ordinary ...
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Expedition uncovers 115 meteorites in Antarctica's unexplored Belgica Mountains
Among the findings are stones, including carbonaceous chondrites and achondrites, which hold clues to Earth's history and the origins of the solar system. "Every meteorite we find is a remnant ...