There are three main classifications of Martian meteorite, Shergotty, Nakhla and Chassigny. There is a new single example which more closely resembles the moon specimens as it is basaltic breccia.
As we don't know which asteroid is going to hit the earth it is impossible to know what is is made of.
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Asteroid 2012 DA14, the one that's in the press in early February 2013, was never predicted to hit the Earth. Today, February 15, 2013, the asteroid passed by the Earth at a distance of about 17,000 miles; a very close call in astronomical terms!
A couple of smaller objects did strike the Earth today, although we cannot yet know whether these are related at all. Tens of thousands of meteoroids strike the Earth each day; the only thing unusual would be that TWO fairly substantial objects would strike on the same day. One exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia; this object was probably about the size of a car, and the object exploded due to compressive and frictional heating. The shock wave broke windows and caused over a thousand injuries from flying glass.
I'm reading accounts of a second object that hit eastern Cuba, but haven't seen any pictures yet.
It's quite likely that people will find fragments of the Chelyabinsk meteorite, and at least possible that people may find pieces of the one that hit Cuba.
The largest meteorites are made actually made of iron and stone. The meteorites get the stone from from floating debris in space, such as the belt of meteorites around the sun. The meteorites get the iron from the same place.
If an asteroid (pretty much a small planet) smashes into enough space debris, it can possibly become small enough to not destroy the Earth when it lands here.
A meteorite is classified as a piece of space debris that survives re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere. So if an asteroid breaks down enough, Yes it can be a meteorite.
While in space the lump of rock or metal is called a meteoroid
When it hits the atmosphere and becomes a "shooting star" it is called a meteor.
Meteors are brief flashes of light that we see in the sky, caused by the atoms which have been excited in the air from the object's high speed
If it survives the transit through the atmosphere and hits the ground, the bit hitting the ground is called a meteorite.
So in answer to your question - to become a meteorite a meteor must survive ablation by Earth's atmosphere and hit the ground.
When they are on the planets surface. Its all to do with the location. They are `meteors` when seen in the sky, burning up and `meteoroids` when out in space.
"Rite" when it hits the Earth!
A lump of matter orbiting the sun is a meteoroid.
There are 3 basic types: irons (siderites), stony-irons (siderolites) and stones (aerolites).
Meteoroids are made up of debris left from comets.
Meteoroids are meteors that have entered earths atmosphere, and are made up of rock and metal
"Iron meteorites" or simply "irons".
There are three basic categories of meteorites. The easiest ones to recognize were the iron or nickel-iron meteorites; most of the others look pretty much like rocks, but before people knew how to smelt iron, nickel-iron meteorites really stood out. Another type is the stony meteorites, subdivided into chondrites and achondrites... as you might guess from the name, they're made of rock. The chondrites contain small round particles called chondrules, the achondrites don't. Finally, there are the stony-iron meteorites, which are partly rock and partly metal.
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Traditionally, irons were made of iron. They were heated by a fire and then applied to clothes. Today, irons are usually made of other metals.
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the largest meteorites are made of iron and fifteen tons
Usually iron and nickel, but they can have other components.
"Iron meteorites" or simply "irons".
There are three basic categories of meteorites. The easiest ones to recognize were the iron or nickel-iron meteorites; most of the others look pretty much like rocks, but before people knew how to smelt iron, nickel-iron meteorites really stood out. Another type is the stony meteorites, subdivided into chondrites and achondrites... as you might guess from the name, they're made of rock. The chondrites contain small round particles called chondrules, the achondrites don't. Finally, there are the stony-iron meteorites, which are partly rock and partly metal.
There are many different compositions of meteorites. The meteorites that are thought to be analogous in composition to the Earth's core are made of iron.
There are three basic categories of meteorites. The easiest ones to recognize were the iron or nickel-iron meteorites; most of the others look pretty much like rocks, but before people knew how to smelt iron, nickel-iron meteorites really stood out. Another type is the stony meteorites, subdivided into chondrites and achondrites... as you might guess from the name, they're made of rock. The chondrites contain small round particles called chondrules, the achondrites don't. Finally, there are the stony-iron meteorites, which are partly rock and partly metal.
hard to say. depends on what it is made of. if there is a lot of iron, dark, burned grey. lots of meteorites do have iron in them.
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Meteoroids are the tiny particles found in space. Meteorites are made of heavy metals two of them are iron and nickel.
A meteoroid which reaches the ground is called a meteorite. A small number of meteorites have been found which scientists believe originated on the Moon or Mars. The composition of meteorites gives us valuable information about the universe. Meteorites typically fall into one of five categories.IronsThese meteorites are made of a crystalline iron-nickel alloy that resembles the outer core of the earth. Similar in structure to some asteroids (type M), 5.7% of meteorites are irons.Stony-IronsThese meteorites are mixtures of iron-nickel alloy and non-metallic mineral matter. Scientists believe they are like the material which would be found where the Earth's core meets the mantle. 1.5% of meteorite falls are stony irons.Stony MeteoritesThere are three subclasses of stony meteorites:Chondrites: These meteorites are the most numerous, comprising 85.7% of all meteorites found. They are characterized by chondrules: small (average diameter of 1 millimeter) spheres of formerly melted minerals that have melded with other minerals to form a solid rock. Chondrites are believed to be among the oldest rocks in the solar system and are similar in composition to the mantles and crusts of earth and the other terrestrial planets.Carbonaceous Chondrites: These meteorites are very rare and contain elemental carbon, the basic building block for life on earth.Achondrites: Stony meteorites without chondrules, representing about 7.1% of meteorites. Scientists believe that some of these meteorites originate on the surface of the Moon or Mars.From http://www.odec.ca/projects/2006/jauc6s2/kinds.htm
usually iron, gold and bronze
shooting stars are meteorites are comets or meteorites which are made out of large chunks of ice or out of rock