Questions tagged [meteorite]
Questions regarding one of the three forms of space debris, this case a chunk of debris that survives its passage through the atmosphere and lands on a planet intact.
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Meteorite or earth rock?
I was just wondering if this is a meteorite does anybody know
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Widmanstätten patterns from Earth core sample [closed]
If we could draw a sample of the Earth’s molten core and allow it to cool would it exhibit Widmanstätten patterns, similar to those found in meteorites?
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How to estimate the strewn-field for a given meteorite fall?
Considering that a bolide event was observed from a specific location and at two points, there were bursts and fragmentation, it'll imply, that it must have impacted/landed somewhere. In such a case, ...
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What is the distribution of impact angles for meteorites?
The common wisdom seems to be that the most probable impact angle for a meteorite is 45 degrees. The Wikipedia "Impact Events" article says, "The most probable impact angle is 45 ...
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Is there a company that can authenticate Martian meteorites? [duplicate]
I witnessed a meteorite fall. I have had some test done. I believe it is a Martian meteorite. It seems very hard to get any help and was looking for a company who authenticates Martian meteorites for ...
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Is there any idea how lunar craters size relate to the size of the meteorites which created them?
Reading this, it surprised me the amount of craters there are on the moon There are at least 1.3 million craters larger than 1 km (0.62 mi) in diameter; of these, 83,000 are greater than 5 km (3 mi) ...
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Why do meteorites often look like a chain of individual dots? [duplicate]
I noticed that in many videos meteorites look like a chain of moving luminous points. What could be the reason for this phenomenon? Screenshots: Preview ...
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Can a crater form inside another crater
Simple question. Can a crater, theoretically, form inside another crater? Say if a very large one just happened to, by sheer cosmic coincidence, had another smaller meteorite fall inside and impact ...
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Safest Place on Earth from Falling Meteorites
Where on Earth is statistically safer if an asteroid was to break up in the Roche limit and rain meteorites effectively resetting the Earth? I would imagine that a ring of falling meteors would form ...
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Did I see a meteorite in daylight? (4.30pm on 11/6/23
l saw a meteorite from my backyard at an elevation of about on 50ft on 11/6/23 at 4.30pm. It travelled from approx ENE to WSW in about 1-2 seconds. The object was traveling horizontally, not falling, ...
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Which kind of celestial body killed dinosaurs?
Well, the internet lies a lot, so there's so much information mixed with misinformation... Some sources call what killed the dinosaurs an asteroid and others a meteor. Is there any consensus on this? ...
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If two asteroids will collide, how can we call it?
If a smaller celestial body collides with a larger celestial body, but neither is classified as a planet, what do we call the smaller celestial body that collided with the larger one? Asteroid/...
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What exactly is an aerolite?
I have found definitions calling it a stony metiorite, calling it a meteor of silicate, a granite meteorite, or even calling it a metallic rock from space and more. What is the actual definition?
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Are the 2 planets in this image Venus and Saturn? And is this a fireball shooting star in top right of picture?
I took this picture with my iPhone on January 23, 2023 @6:01pm CST. I am in West Central Alabama very close to the Tenn-Tom Waterway a few miles from the MS state line. I was facing west-southwest. I ...
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Does Mars get hit by as many meteors as the Earth?
The Moon gets bombarded by meteors at the same rate as the Earth according to What the moon's craters reveal about earth's history Does Mars or any other planet get bombarded at the same rate as the ...
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