FREE METEORITES PDF Caroline Smith,Sara Russell,Gretchen Benedix | 112 pages | 01 Sep 2009 | The Natural History Museum | 9780565092399 | English | London, United Kingdom Meteorite Pictures, Information & Articles by Geoffrey Notkin Meteoriteany fairly small Meteorites object from interplanetary space—i. In modern usage the term is broadly applied to similar objects that land on the surface Meteorites other comparatively large bodies. For instance, meteorite fragments have been found in samples returned from the Moon, and the robotic rover Opportunity has identified at least Meteorites meteorite on the surface of Mars. The largest meteorite that has been identified Meteorites Earth was found in in Namibia and was named the Hoba meteorite. It measures 2. Meteorites, astronomical, and theoretical studies show that most discrete meteorites found Meteorites Earth are fragments Meteorites asteroids that orbit in the inner portion of the main asteroid belt, between about 2. One astronomical unit is the average distance from Earth to Meteorites Sun—about million km [93 million miles]. It is in this region that strong gravitational perturbations by the planets, especially Jupitercan put meteoroids into Earth-crossing orbits. Not all meteoroids need to have formed in this region, however, as there are a number of processes that can cause their orbits to migrate over long Meteorites periods. Fewer than 1 percent of meteorites are thought to come from the Moon or Mars. For further discussion of the Meteorites of meteorites and Meteorites processes by Meteorites they are brought to Earth, see meteor and meteoroid: Reservoirs Meteorites meteoroids in space Meteorites Directing meteoroids to Earth. The principal driving force behind meteorite studies is the fact that small bodies such as Meteorites and comets are most likely to preserve evidence of events that took place in the early solar system. There are at least two reasons to expect that this is the case. First, when the solar system began to form, it Meteorites composed of gas and fine- grained dust. The assembly of planet-sized bodies from this dust almost Meteorites involved the coming Meteorites of smaller objects to make Meteorites larger ones, beginning with Meteorites balls and ending, in the inner solar system, with the rocky, or terrestrial, planets—Mercury, VenusEarth, and Mars. In the outer solar system the formation of Meteorites, Saturnand the other giant planets is thought to have Meteorites more than simple aggregationbut their moons—and comets—probably did form by this basic mechanism. Meteorites evidence indicates that asteroids and comets are leftovers of the intermediate stages of the aggregation mechanism. They are therefore representative of bodies that formed quite early in the history of the solar system. See also solar system: Origin of the solar system ; planetesimal. Second, in the early solar system various processes were in operation that heated up solid Meteorites. The primary ones were decay of short-lived radioactive isotopes within the bodies and collisions between the bodies as they grew. As a result, the interiors of Meteorites bodies experienced substantial melting, with consequent physical and chemical changes to their constituents. Meteorites bodies, on the other hand, generally radiated away this heat quite efficiently, which allowed their interiors to remain relatively cool. Consequently, they Meteorites preserve to some degree the dust and other material from which they formed. Indeed, certain meteorites do appear to preserve very ancient material, some of which predates the solar system. Meteorites traditionally are given Meteorites name of a geographic feature associated with the location where they are found. Until quite recently, there were no systematic efforts to recover them. When a meteorite was seen to fall or Meteorites a person chanced upon an unusual-looking rockthe specimen was simply taken to a museum or a private collector. Meteorites soil is largely derived from fine glacial loess and contains few large rocks. The collectors realized that there was a reasonable Meteorites that any rocks the farmers unearthed would include meteorites. A better approach to finding meteorites than searching places with few rocks, however, is to search places where they can accumulate over time— i. Meteorites water Meteorites one of the principal agents of weathering. In desert environmentswhere there is little water, meteorites survive much longer. Indeed, they tend to accumulate on the Meteorites in arid regions if Meteorites rates Meteorites slower than the rates at which meteorites fall to Earth, provided that little windblown sand accumulates to bury them. Areas of Meteorites Sahara in Meteorites Africa and Meteorites Nullarbor Plain region in Australia have proved to be good Meteorites to look for meteorites. The most-successful collection efforts, however, have been in Antarctica. The Antarctic can be viewed as a cold desert. Annual snowfall is Meteorites low over most of the interior, and the intense cold slows weathering Meteorites considerably. Most meteorites that fall on the ice sheet become buried and are stored for 20,—30, years, although some appear to have been in Antarctica for a million years or more. The ice of the Antarctic sheet gradually flows radially from the South Pole northward toward the coast. In places, the ice encounters an obstruction, such as a Meteorites hill, that forces it to flow Meteorites. Strong katabatic wind Meteorites, which sweep down the gently sloping ice sheets from the centre of the continent, sandblast Meteorites upwelling ice with snow and ice particles, eroding it at rates as high as 5—10 cm 2—4 inches per year and leaving the meteorites stranded on Meteorites surface. Areas of upwelling ice, called blue ice for its colour, can be recognized from aerial or satellite photographs, and on foot the dark meteorites are relatively easy to spot against the ice and Meteorites. The drawback of collecting in Antarctica is the Meteorites conditions that the collection teams must endure for weeks to months while camping out on the ice. Since the s several countries, notably the United States and Japan, Meteorites operated scientific collection programs. These include one-third of all known Martian meteorites, one-third of known lunar meteorites, and numerous other rare Meteorites unique samples. Because large numbers of Antarctic meteorites are found within small areas, Meteorites traditional geographic naming system is not used for Meteorites rather, an identifier is made up of an abbreviated name of some local landmark plus a number that identifies the year of recovery and the specific sample. See also Antarctic meteorite. Meteorite Article Media Additional Info. Article Contents. Home Science Meteorites. Print print Print. Table Of Contents. Facebook Twitter. Give Meteorites External Websites. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article requires login. External Websites. Conel M. Meteorites are fragments of debris from the asteroid Meteorites that penetrate Earth's atmosphere Meteorites reach Meteorites surface. Meteorites investigation into Meteorites theory Meteorites meteorites caused the K—T extinction. Hoba meteorite, lying where it was discovered in in Grootfontein, Namibia. 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