meteorite
noun
me·te·or·ite
ˈmē-tē-ə-ˌrīt 
: a meteor that reaches the surface of the earth without being completely vaporized
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Objects like meteorites colliding with the moon’s surface can also do so, so to derive any information about lunar volcanism from the glass beads in the Chang’e-5, researchers first had to identify which (if any) of these beads were created by volcanic heat.
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Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 5 Sep. 2024
The Allan Hills meteorite was found sheerly by chance nearly twenty years ago in Antarctica’s Far Western Icefield region.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
The team also analyzed ruthenium from other asteroid impact sites and meteorites.
—Kate Golembiewski, CNN, 16 Aug. 2024
The spacecraft measured the ‘pulse’ of seismic waves caused by the flow of magma within the planet, meteorites smacking the surface and tremors from Mars quakes.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Aug. 2024
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Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 5 Sep. 2024
The Allan Hills meteorite was found sheerly by chance nearly twenty years ago in Antarctica’s Far Western Icefield region.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
The team also analyzed ruthenium from other asteroid impact sites and meteorites.
—Kate Golembiewski, CNN, 16 Aug. 2024
The spacecraft measured the ‘pulse’ of seismic waves caused by the flow of magma within the planet, meteorites smacking the surface and tremors from Mars quakes.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Aug. 2024
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meteorite
noun
me·te·or·ite
ˈmēt-ē-ə-ˌrīt
: a meteor that reaches the surface of the earth
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