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ˈmi ti əˌraɪtme·te·orite
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meteoritenoun
stony or metallic object that is the remains of a meteoroid that has reached the earth's surface
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Ive been looking at the matrix of primitive meteorites, the material that holds the structure together, the meteorite in question dates to roughly 4.6 billion years ago, when the Sun was born and our Solar System formed. The matrix of these meteorites is therefore thought to be the starting material from which all the planets formed.
This meteorite is special because it fell onto a frozen lake and was recovered quickly. It was very pristine. We could see the minerals weren't much altered and later found that it contained a rich inventory of extraterrestrial organic compounds, these kinds of organic compounds were likely delivered to the early Earth by meteorites and might have contributed to the ingredients of life.
The Greeks, and Babylonians before them, saw the upper sky as the home of the gods when meteors fell to Earth, instead of reasoning that there might be rocks up there, they felt that divinity must reside in the fallen meteorite and worshipped it.
Folks have hypothesized that being small and having the ability to potentially hide underground when a big meteorite comes along would have preadapted these guys to survival.
When the meteorite arrived at the Field, I spent the entire weekend analyzing it, because I was so excited to find out what kind of meteorite it was and what was in it, with every meteorite that falls, there's a chance that there's something completely new and totally unexpected.
Translations for METEORITE
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- حَجَر نَيْزَكِيArabic
- meteoritAzerbaijani
- метэары́тBelarusian
- метеори́тBulgarian
- meteoritCatalan, Valencian
- meteoritCzech
- MeteoritGerman
- μετεωρίτηςGreek
- aerŝtono, meteorŝtono, meteorito, aerolitoEsperanto
- meteoritoSpanish
- meteoriitEstonian
- meteoritoBasque
- شهابسنگPersian
- meteoriittiFinnish
- météoriteFrench
- dreagagScottish Gaelic
- מֶטֶאוֹרִיט, כּוֹכָב נוֹפֵלHebrew
- उल्कापिंडHindi
- երկնաքարArmenian
- loftsteinnIcelandic
- meteoriteItalian
- 隕石Japanese
- მეტეორიტიGeorgian
- метеоритKazakh
- 隕石, 운석Korean
- meteoritasLithuanian
- meteorītsLatvian
- whatu kōkiri, matakōkiriMāori
- meteorietDutch
- meteorittNorwegian
- ਉਲਕਾ ਪਿੰਡPanjabi, Punjabi
- meteorytPolish
- meteoritoPortuguese
- pachakawri rumiQuechua
- метеори́тRussian
- meteoritSwedish
- விண்வீழ்கல்Tamil
- อุกกาบาตThai
- bulalatoTagalog
- meteorit, göktaşıTurkish
- метеори́тUkrainian
- thiên thạch, vẫn thạchVietnamese
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