Sentences with phrase «stony meteorites»

Hence, most specialists on meteorite CRE ages interpret the clusters as the result of collision processes of parent bodies, as they do for stony meteorites (ages < 130 m.y.) to which more than one dating method can be applied.

The composition of the matter from which the solar system formed is deduced from that of stony meteorites called chondrites and from the composition of the Sun's atmosphere, supplemented by data acquired from spectral observations of hot stars and gaseous nebulas.

The first recorded fatalities occurred in 616 BC when stony meteorites were said to have crashed into chariots killing 10 men.

Crash Landing Air resistance typically slows stony meteorites to about 200 miles per hour, so they land with a relatively soft thud.

The Almahata Sitta meteorites are mostly ureilites, a rare type of stony meteorite that often contains clusters of nano - sized diamonds.

The 1,100 - pound (500 kilogram) meteorite is an ordinary H5 chondrite, a type of stony meteorite responsible for 31 percent of Earth's impacts.

The Chelyabinsk meteorite is a low iron, low metals chondrite (stony meteorite).

Not exact matches

The meteorites belong to a class called ureilites, which have compositions different from those in any of the known stony planets in the solar system.

On Earth, iron meteorites are not as common as stony ones, but Mars seems to have a lot of the iron kind.