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Are meteorites ever radioactive

Updated: 10/19/2022
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Everything emits some amount of radioactivity. SO, the strictest answer is that they always do.

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What are the 3 types of meteorite?

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What are the 3 main group classifications of meteorites?

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Where has a meteor ever hit?

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What are three major types of meteorites?

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What are the three major types of Meteorites?

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Radio activity never stops. Radioactive material emits radioactive rays for ever. How ever it can be capped but when ever the material is exposed it will start emitting gamma and Beta rays.


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