In meteoritics, a meteorite classification system attempts to group similar meteorites and allows scientists to communicate with a standardized terminology...

Iron meteorites, also called siderites or ferrous meteorites, are a type of meteorite that consist overwhelmingly of an iron–nickel alloy known as meteoric...

Modern classification schemes divide meteorites into groups according to their structure, chemical and isotopic composition and mineralogy. "Meteorites" less...

classification. Only one known meteorite fall, the 2024 Charlottetown meteorite, was recorded with video including audio. The sound of the meteorite shattering...

IAB meteorites are a group of iron meteorites according to their overall composition and a group of primitive achondrites because of silicate inclusions...

rank of all Meteorite classification schemes, usually called "Type". The meteoric iron of stony-irons is similar to that of iron meteorites, consisting...

This is a glossary of terms used in meteoritics, the science of meteorites. 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z References 2 Pallas...

A chondrite /ˈkɒndraɪt/ is a stony (non-metallic) meteorite that has not been modified by either melting or differentiation of the parent body. They are...

Nonmagmatic meteorite (also nonmagmatic iron meteorite) is a deprecated term formerly used in meteoritics to describe iron meteorites that were originally...

Glossary of meteoritics List of Martian meteorites List of meteorite minerals List of meteorites on Mars Meteorite classification Meteoritical Society Solar...

meteoritics is known as a meteoriticist. Scientific research in meteoritics includes the collection, identification, and classification of meteorites...

human consumption, or for agricultural production. Since the early 1800s, meteorites have been assumed to be "space rocks", not terrestrial or atmospheric...

Meteorite, officially named Willamette and originally known as Tomanowos by the Clackamas Chinook Native American tribe, is an iron-nickel meteorite found...

groups were split. Group IV was split into IVA and IVB meteorites. The chemical classification is based on diagrams that plot nickel content against different...

found, Österplana. The meteorite type does not fit into existing meteorite classification. It was preliminarily classified as "winonaite-like". The level...

The Cape York meteorite, also known as the Innaanganeq meteorite, is one of the largest known iron meteorites, classified as a medium octahedrite in chemical...

The Dergaon meteorite fell near the town of Dergaon in Assam, India, on March 2, 2001. The meteorite was named after the location. Researchers have classified...

The Sylacauga meteorite fell on November 30, 1954, at 12:46 p.m. local time (18:46 UT) in Oak Grove, Alabama, near Sylacauga, in the United States. It...

Meteorite shock stage is a measure of the degree of fracturing of the matrix of a common chondrite meteorite. Impacts on the parent body of a meteoroid...

The Allende meteorite is the largest carbonaceous chondrite ever found on Earth. The fireball was witnessed at 01:05 on February 8, 1969, falling over...

In southeastern Russia, an iron meteorite fell on the Sikhote-Alin mountains in 1947. Large iron meteorite falls have been witnessed, and fragments have...

chondritic meteorites comprising at least 8 known groups and many ungrouped meteorites. They include some of the most primitive known meteorites. The C chondrites...

Weisberg et al. (2006) "Systematics and Evaluation of Meteorite Classification". In, Meteorites and the Early Solar System II, 19–52 (D.S. Lauretta and...

The pallasites are a class of stony–iron meteorite. They are relatively rare, and can be distinguished by the presence of large olivine crystal inclusions...

Orconuma meteorite is a meteorite that was discovered in the Philippines, and it is one of six meteorites from the Philippines listed in the Meteoritical Society's...

Kamacite occurs naturally only in meteorites. The official classification of the Carancas meteorite, accepted by the Meteoritical Society, was done by a team...

Gibeon is a meteorite that fell in prehistoric times in Namibia. It was named after the nearest town: Gibeon. The meteorite was discovered by the Nama...

meteorite refers to the many fragments of the asteroid that created Meteor Crater (also called Barringer Crater), Arizona, United States. Meteorites have...

The Murchison meteorite is a meteorite that fell in Australia in 1969 near Murchison, Victoria. It belongs to the carbonaceous chondrite class, a group...

IIAB meteorites are a group of iron meteorites. Their structural classification ranges from hexahedrites to octahedrites. IIABs have the lowest concentration...