meteoritics
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By comparing Dante's descriptions to modern theories of asteroid impacts and crater formation, researchers argue that the 14th-century poet envisioned an Earth-altering cosmic event long before scientists understood meteoritics.
From Science Daily • May 11, 2026
According to Denton S. Ebel of the AMNH, who specializes in meteoritics, chondrites make up about 85 percent of all meteorites.
From Scientific American • May 25, 2023
The history of meteoritics, the study of meteorites, begins with a bang in Yorkshire, England, in 1795.
From National Geographic • Dec. 27, 2015
He published important contributions on astronomy, meteoritics, atmospheric science, climatology, palaeoclimatology, geology, geophysics, geodesy and glaciology.
From Nature • Oct. 6, 2015
He went to about 100 more lectures, began to bone up on geology, anthropology, mineralogy, meteoritics, zoology, paleontology.
From Time Magazine Archive
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