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meteorites
- 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 earliest known iron artefacts - nine tubular beads - were made from meteoritic iron, which comes from fallen meteorites.
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Small asteroids typically burn up in the upper atmosphere before ever reaching Earth’s surface to become meteorites.
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“Here we show that Bennu samples are volatile rich, with more carbon, nitrogen and ammonia than samples from asteroid Ryugu and most meteorites,†the scientists write.
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The last 17% is made up of everything from aircraft impacts and meteorites to sink holes and snow.
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"With the existing collection of martian meteorites, all of which are volcanic in origin, we are able to better understand the internal structure of Mars."
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