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Most meteorites that fall on Earth are fragments of broken-up asteroids which orbit the Sun mostly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. This is indicated by photography of
meteorite fire balls as they enter Earth’s atmosphere, and extrapolation of the orbits which reach into the Asteroid Belt.
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Photograph of the bolide resulting from the entry of the Lost City, Oklahoma, stone meteorite (ordinary chondrite) on January 3,
1970.
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The Lost City, Oklahoma, stone meteorite, recovered based on the triangulation of the place of fall from the photographs of the associated bolide
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Telescopically measured optical reflectance spectra of asteroids (points, with
error bars) with the spectra of powders of
various types of meteorites (solid lines). Conclusion:
The meteorite spectra match the asteroid spectra and, hence, the meteorites
come from asteroids
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A = Comet Toit-Hartley; B = Asteroid 1982 DB
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The Galileo spacecraft, on its way to Jupiter, was the first to obtain close-up pictures of asteroids
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The complex orbit of the Galileo spacecraft
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The Galileo spacecraft
during construction
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Launch of the Galileo
spacecraft from the Shuttle
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Galileo Spacecraft after launch from the Shuttle
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The Galileo spacecraft imaged the asteroids Gaspra and Ida. Mathilde was imaged by the NEAR spacecraft.
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Asteroids are highly irregular in shape, and some may have moons too! Ida and its moon Dactyl, imaged by the Galileo
spacecraft
Dactyl
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Asteroid Mathilde, imaged by the NEAR Spacecraft on its way to Asteroid Eros
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Asteroid Eros – Orbited by NEAR* spacecraft in 2000
* NEAR = Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous mission
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Landing site
Asteroid Eros and landing site of NEAR Spacecraft
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NEAR Spacecraft approaching Asteroid Eros
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NEAR Spacecraft approaches the landing site on Asteroid Eros
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Landing site of the NEAR Spacecraft on Asteroid Eros, February 12th, 2001
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Topography of Asteroid Eros, based on the NEAR mission
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How many asteroids are there and where are they?
Inclination of orbits of asteroids as a function of distance from
the Sun (in AU)
Number of asteroids as a function of their distance from the Sun (in AU). The
Kirkwood Gaps are apparent, and the resonances with Jupiter are also indicated
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Orbits of some major asteroids
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Summary
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Chondrites are meteorites from broken-up primitive, undifferentiated asteroids that never melted. Thus, the properties of
their constituents [calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions (CAIs), chondrules, matrix, and metallic Fe,Ni] are today as they were when
the Solar System formed
Chondrite NWA 5028
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Polished slice of an ordinary chondrite. White = metallic Fe,Ni; brown = silicates.
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Handspecimen of an ordinary chondrite with a large chondrule
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Thin section photomicrograph of an ordinary chondrite. Chondrules are ~ 1 - 5 mm in diameter
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Chondrule consisting of glass (pink) and olivine (Fe-Mg- silicate) crystals (white)
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Barred chondrule consisting of parallel bars of olivine (Fe-Mg silicate) crystals (white) and silicate glass (pink-brown)
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When a chondritic asteroid melts, it differentiates, i.e., the dense metallic Fe,Ni sinks and forms the core, and the rocky material forms the mantel (e.g., ureilite) and crust (e.g., basalt) of the asteroid.
These rocks are collectively called achondrites, because they do not contain chondrules.
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Minute diamonds (bright) in a ureilite. They formed from carbon by high-pressure shock when asteroids collided.
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Basaltic meteorite (eucrite), most likely from the crust of the asteroid Vesta
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Pallasite – possibly fragment from the core/mantle boundary of a broken-up asteroid.
Shiny = metallic Fe,Ni; brown = olivine, an Fe-Mg-silicate.
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When a chondritic asteroid melts, it differentiates, i.e., the dense metallic Fe,Ni sinks and forms the core, and the rocky material
forms the mantel (e.g., ureilite) and crust (e.g., basalt) of the asteroid (just like in case of Earth).
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Handspecimen of an iron meteorite – a fragment of the core of a broken-up asteroid
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How many meteorites, and of what types? Early observations of “Falls” and “Finds”, excluding those from Antarctica and hot deserts.
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