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Glossary of meteoritics
Summary
This is a glossary of terms used in meteoritics, the science of meteorites.
2 Pallas – an asteroid from the asteroid belt and one of the likely parent bodies of the CR meteorites.
4 Vesta – second-largest asteroid in the asteroid belt and likely source of the HED meteorites.
221 Eos – an asteroid from the asteroid belt and one of the likely parent bodies of the CO meteorites.
289 Nenetta – an asteroid from the asteroid belt and one of the likely parent bodies of the angrites.
3103 Eger – an asteroid from the asteroid belt and one of the likely parent bodies of the aubrites.
3819 Robinson – an asteroid from the asteroid belt and one of the likely parent bodies of the angrites.
IA meteorite – an iron meteorite group now part of the IAB group/complex.
IAB meteorite – an iron meteorite and primitive achondrite of the IAB group/complex.
IB meteorite – an iron meteorite group now part of the IAB group/complex.
IC meteorite – an iron meteorite that is part of the IC group.
Ablation – the process of a meteorite losing mass during the passage through the atmosphere.
Acapulcoite – a group of primitive achondrites.
Accretion – the process in which matter of the protoplanetary disk coalesces to form planetesimals.
Achondrite – a differentiated meteorite (meaning without chondrules).
Aerolite – an old term for stony meteorites.
ALH – an abbreviation used for meteorites from Allan Hills.
Allan Hills 84001 – is an exotic meteorite from Mars that does not fit into any of the SNC groups and was thought to contain evidence for life on Mars.
Allende meteorite – is the largest carbonaceous chondrite ever found on Earth.
Amphoterite – an obsolete classification of chondritic meteorites that are now classified as LL.
Angrite – a basaltic meteorite.
ANSMET – the Antarctic Search for Meteorites is a scientific program that looks for meteorites in the Transantarctic Mountains.
Asteroidal achondrite – an achondrite that differentiated on an asteroid or planetesimal (see planetary achondrite)
Asteroid spectral types – classification of asteroids according to their spectra.
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