Siderolite
Related Category: Astronomy: General
see meteorite.
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Meteorite - meteor that survives the intense heat of atmospheric friction and reaches the earth's surface.
SIDEROLITE - An obsolete term for a stony-iron meteorite.
SIDEROPHILE ELEMENT - Literally, "iron-loving" element that tends to be concentrated in Fe-Ni metal rather than in silicate; these are Fe, Co, Ni, Mo, Re, Au, and PGE.
Siderolite
A stony iron meteorite. Siderolites comprise less than 2 percent of known falls. (lit.: "sky stone")
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Meteorites are divided into three main classes: aerolites (stony meteorites), siderites (iron meteorites), and siderolites (stony iron meteorites). Most meteorites are high-density objects related to asteroids.
 See also: Astronomy, Earth, Meteorite, Heat, Mars
  
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