About 60 different minerals that form the most primitive minerals in what are called chondrite meteorites. From Wordnik.com. [ScreenTalk] Reference
Even though the West meteorite, as it is being called, is a chondrite, which is the most common type of stony meteorite, Stimpson said he is thrilled to have it because it's something new for his museum. From Wordnik.com. [wacotrib - Latest News Headlines] Reference
The asteroid appears to be a massive carbonaceous chondrite. From Wordnik.com. [365 tomorrows » 2009 » April : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference
"It's a chondrite," she announced, turning to look over at him. From Wordnik.com. [shooting stars.. .] Reference
The ‘what’ was a 46-gram completely fusion-crusted melted exterior fragment of an ordinary chondrite meteorite. From Wordnik.com. [More Chunks of SUV-Smashing Meteorite Found | Universe Today] Reference
These allegedly ancient chondrite “snapshots” of the mantle are in many respects similar to modern xenoliths from deep mantle. From Wordnik.com. [Luskin vs. Science (and Scientific American) - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
The mineralogy in the dust itself that we kicked up corresponds to what was seen by M Cubed instrument, and also what we see in chondrite asteroids. From Wordnik.com. [Look for "Flood" of News This Week About Water on the Moon | Universe Today] Reference
There are a number of objects even darker still, mostly carbonaceous chondrite asteroids, or planetary moons which may be captured asteroids, like Phobos and Deimos, the moons of Mars. From Wordnik.com. [Albedo] Reference
Even a relatively resource-poor low-iron, low-metal LL chondrite contains 20% iron, significant quantities of water and other volatiles in the form of minerals such as clays, and oxygen to burn. From Wordnik.com. [Asteroid Capture into Earth Orbit] Reference
Of course, a common carbonaceous chondrite might contain 25% nickel-iron mostly in the form of metal grains, 10% or more water, and several percent carbon plus everything else needed for life in space. From Wordnik.com. [Asteroid Capture into Earth Orbit] Reference
However, there is a good chance that we'll need to ship large amounts of ammonia to the habitat, at least until we can capture the resources of a comet, extinct comet, or carbonaceous chondrite asteroid which should have nitrogen in abundance. From Wordnik.com. [Farming in Space] Reference
Apophis is fairly well characterized and has a very close approach on 13-Apr-2029, although it may not be an LL chondrite after all, and may therefore have a different albedo, diameter (currently 270m), and mass (currently 27 Mt - million tons). From Wordnik.com. [Asteroid Capture into Earth Orbit] Reference
The meteorite is like the others found, a chondrite. From Wordnik.com. [wacotrib - Latest News Headlines] Reference
Approximately 100 kg of the carbonaceous chondrite was recovered. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
The group also has classified it as an ordinary chondrite meteorite. From Wordnik.com. [Channel3000.com - Local News] Reference
Farmer was among about 10 people initially interested in the chondrite. From Wordnik.com. [wacotrib - Latest News Headlines] Reference
For now, the Etters 'chondrite has the distinction of being the largest from the West fall. From Wordnik.com. [wacotrib - Latest News Headlines] Reference
Large amounts 26Mg have been found in the research of some carbonaceous chondrite meteorites. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
The meteorites appear to be what he said is "ordinary chondrite," meteoritic stone typical of. From Wordnik.com. [chicagotribune.com -] Reference
Welzenbach said the meteorite is a chondrite, typical of most space rocks that fall to Earth. From Wordnik.com. [SPACE.com] Reference
It comes from an ancient chondrite rock, common in Karin asteroids, which was formed in space at the birth of the solar system. From Wordnik.com. Reference
chondrite meteorites often fall to Earth and Dr Genge was able to match the mineralogy and chemistry of the dust particles with chondrite meteorite samples previously collected. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Subsequent analysis classified it as a carbonaceous chondrite: a rock that formed in the early solar system's mix of gas and dust, floating for billions of years until finding our planet. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Top Stories] Reference
Results presented here show that it is unlikely that the nanodiamonds were derived from any known meteoritic projectile, in contrast to suggestions of a swarm of comets or carbonaceous chondrite (26). From Wordnik.com. [Anthropology.net] Reference
'Unweathered' asteroids (those having spectra matching the most commonly falling ordinary chondrite meteorites), however, are seen among small bodies the orbits of which cross inside Mars and the Earth. From Wordnik.com. [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference
The Murchison meteorite, a carbonaceous chondrite, fell near Murchison in Victoria in Australia in 1969, and is thought to be extremely ancient, possibly even older than the Sun, at 4.65 billion years old. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
Thankfully, somebody was watching the sky at 5: 30 p.m. on this date in 1806, because the observed fall of a pristine 6-kilogram chondrite meteor made an indisputable case that chondrites carried carbon-based organic chemicals. From Wordnik.com. [Universe Today] Reference
Today's episode of Everybody's Favorite Meteorite brings the nation disturbing news: That spunky bit of chondrite that plummeted into a Lorton, Va., doctors 'office on Jan. 18 may today arrested by the Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) of Uttar Pradesh. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Serbia: Cocaine Investigation Sparks Controversy] Reference
To yield enough water and carbon dioxide to grow food for one person, you’d need to process only 50 tons of ore from a carbonaceous chondrite like the Murcheson meteor, but more like 500 tons if Apophis is truly an LL chondrite. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-10-01] Reference
That's probably a chondrite. From Wordnik.com. [Operation Luna]
Phleg was a carbonaceous chondrite. From Wordnik.com. [Sagittarius Whorl]
But even a lowly LL chondrite will work. From Wordnik.com. [Asteroid Capture into Earth Orbit] Reference
We believe that ice formed around each tiny grain before they all clumped together to make rocks that eventually turned into carbonaceous chondrite asteroids, "adds Dr Bland. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
C-type (chondrite). From Wordnik.com. [Space Tourism, Space Transport and Space Exploration News] Reference
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