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• plural of meteorite.

meteorites

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1. Objects from outside the Earth that enter the Earth's field of gravitation and fall to the Earth's surface. Meteors, on the other hand, are objects from space that burn up in the Earth's atmosphere.

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Meteorites are bodies that are left over from the time when the planets formed, and therefore give us clues about the formation of the solar system.

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"The Hillsborough meteorite contained 1.8% by weight of carbon and 0.07% of nitrogen, and had carbon and nitrogen isotopes typical for CM-type meteorites."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026

The diversity of those compounds provides further evidence that the Hillsborough material experienced more extensive alteration by water than most other CM-type meteorites.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026

Previous measurements suggested that the Sun contained significantly less silver than chemically primitive meteorites.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026

The process created carbon-rich dust resembling material that floats through interstellar space and is preserved inside comets, asteroids and meteorites.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026

Such diamonds are already known to exist in meteorites that have survived impact, and that may originate ultimately from comets.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan