meteorite
61Météorite (homonymie) — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Une météorite est un corps matériel extraterrestre provenant de l espace extra atmosphérique de taille comparativement petite qui atteint la surface de la …
62Météorite pallasite — Nommées en l honneur du naturaliste allemand Pallas. Elles sont composées de cristaux d olivine automorphe ou xénomorphe, inclus dans une matrice de ferro nickel où l on retrouve souvent les figures de Widmanstätten (densité : de 4,5 à 7).… …
63meteorite shower — ▪ astronomy swarm of separate but related meteorites that land on Earth s surface at about the same time and place. Meteorite showers are produced by the fragmentation of a large meteoroid in the atmosphere. The area in which the meteorites …
64meteorite crater — An impact crater formed by the falling of a large meteorite onto the earth’s surface; e.g., Barringer Crater (AZ). Compare: crater, impact crater. SW & GG …
65Meteorite ALH84001,0 — The meteorite of Martian origin which contains fossilized primitive bacteria like organisms. The fossils were discovered in 1996. Whether the fossils are Martian in origin is still under debate. See Panspermia …
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66meteorite — noun Date: 1824 a meteor that reaches the surface of the earth without being completely vaporized • meteoritic also meteoritical adjective …
67meteorite — noun A metallic or stony object or body that is the remains of a meteor See Also: achondrite, aerolite, chondrite, meteoroid, meteorology, siderite, siderolite …
68meteorite — {{hw}}{{meteorite}}{{/hw}}s. m. o f. (mineral.) Corpo solido di origine extra tellurica, caduto sulla superficie terrestre; composto in gran parte di ferro e nichel …
69meteorite — me|te|o|rite [ˈmi:tiəraıt] n a piece of rock or metal from space that has landed on Earth …
70meteorite — me|te|or|ite [ mitiə,raıt ] noun count a piece of rock that has fallen from space and landed on the ground …
