Meteorites
Most people have looked up into the night sky and seen the fleeting flashes of light that are known as meteors. These flashes are caused by small sand-sized particles that are debris from c...
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Heavenly Rocks: Asteroids Discovered and Meteorites Explained
Overview
Giuseppe Piazzi discovered the first asteroid, Ceres, on New Year's Day, 1801, then lost it when it traveled behind the Su...
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Meteoroids and Meteorites
The word meteor is derived from the Greek meteron, meaning something high up. Today, however, the term is used to describe the light phenomena produced by the entry of a mete...
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Meteors and Meteorites
Meteors, commonly (and inaccurately) called shooting stars, are particles of interplanetary dust that burn up as they enter the Earth's atmosphere from space. Meteorites are lar...
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Meteorites
Heavenly Rocks: Asteroids Discovered and Meteorites Explained
Meteoroids and Meteorites
Meteors and Meteorites