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Meteorite
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Solid debris from outer space that hits a planetary surface
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Northwest Africa 998
meteorite
Almahata Sitta
meteorite
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Chondrite
Class of stony meteorites made of round grains
Iron meteorite
Meteorite composed of iron-nickel alloy called meteoric iron
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Effects of meteorite impacts on the atmospheric evolution of Mars
scientific article
Petrology of Martian meteorite Northwest Africa 998
scholarly article by Allan Treiman & Anthony J. Irving published May 2008 in Meteoritics & Planetary Science
The nakhlite meteorites: Augite-rich igneous rocks from Mars
scholarly article by Allan Treiman published July 2005 in Geochemistry
The SNC meteorites are from Mars
scholarly article by Allan Treiman et al published October 2000 in Planetary and Space Science
A rock fragment related to the magnesian suite in lunar meteorite Allan Hills (ALHA) 81005
article by Allan Treiman & J. Gross published 1 February 2015 in American Mineralogist
Stalking a Large Carbonaceous Chondrite Asteroid Using ε54Cr-Δ17O Isotope Systematics of the Unique Xenolith Almahata Sitta 202
conference paper published in 2021
The influence of terrestrial processes on meteorite magnetic records
The organic composition of carbonaceous meteorites: the evolutionary story ahead of biochemistry
scientific article
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A meteorite is a rock that originated in outer space and has fallen to the surface of a planet or moon. When the original object enters the atmosphere, various factors such as friction, pressure, and chemical interactions with the atmospheric gases cause it to heat up and radiate energy. It then becomes a meteor and forms a fireball, also known...

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Astronomical object
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