Sentences with phrase «containing chondrite»

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Some of that water was contained as ice in primitive meteorites called carbonaceous chondrites.

On his desk at ASU are some polished slices of NWA 6991, a speckled, black stone known as a carbonaceous chondrite: the most primitive type of meteorite containing some of the first material from the solar system's youth.

Based on data obtained with the Gamma Ray and Neutron Detector aboard the Dawn spacecraft, Prettyman et al. (p. 242, published online 20 September) show that Vesta's reputed volatile - poor regolith contains substantial amounts of hydrogen delivered by carbonaceous chondrite impactors.

The measurements show that 4 - Vesta contains the same hydrogen isotopic composition as carbonaceous chondrites, which is also that of Earth.

One type, called carbonaceous chondrites, contain some of the most - primitive known samples of Solar System material, including a lot more xenon than is found in our own planet's atmosphere.