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Meteorite classification. In meteoritics, a meteorite classification system attempts to group similar meteorites and allows scientists to communicate with a standardized terminology when discussing them. Meteorites are classified according to a variety of characteristics, especially mineralogical, petrological, chemical, and isotopic properties.
Meteorite. The 60- tonne, 2.7 m-long (8.9 ft) Hoba meteorite in Namibia is the largest known intact meteorite. [1] 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 ...
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Canyon Diablo. / 35.050°N 111.033°W / 35.050; -111.033. The Canyon Diablo meteorite refers to the many fragments of the asteroid that created Meteor Crater (also called Barringer Crater), [3] Arizona, United States. Meteorites have been found around the crater rim, and are named for nearby Canyon Diablo, which lies about three to four ...
Cape York meteorite. / 76.133°N 64.933°W / 76.133; -64.933. The Cape York meteorite, also known as the Innaanganeq meteorite, is one of the largest known iron meteorites, classified as a medium octahedrite in chemical group IIIAB. In addition to many small fragments, at least eight large fragments with a total mass of 58 tonnes have ...
No. Found date. 2000. TKW. 1003 kg. Related media on Wikimedia Commons. The Fukang meteorite is a meteorite that was found in the mountains near Fukang, China in 2000. It is a pallasite —a type of stony–iron meteorite with olivine crystals. It is estimated to be 4.5 billion years old.
Bunburra Rockhole (meteorite) Coordinates: 31°21.0′S 129°11.4′E. Bunburra Rockhole is an anomalous basaltic achondritic meteorite. [1] [2] [3] Originally classified as a eucrite, [3] it was thought to belong to a group of meteorites that originated from the asteroid 4 Vesta, [4] [5] [2] but has since been reclassified based on oxygen and ...
Sudbury Basin. / 46.600°N 81.183°W / 46.600; -81.183. The Sudbury Basin ( / ˈsʌdbəri / ), also known as Sudbury Structure or the Sudbury Nickel Irruptive, is a major geological structure in Ontario, Canada. It is the third-largest known impact crater or astrobleme on Earth, as well as one of the oldest. [1]