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What type of rock is a meteorite?
A meteorite is an extraterrestrial rock formed from melt. An igneous rock.
What is wrong with calling a rock that strikes the moon a meteorite?
Because a "meteorite" is a rock that passed through the Earth's atmosphere, was heated to incandescence by pressure and friction, and then struck the Earth. A space rock that hits the Moon didn't land on the Earth. However, this is a pretty minor distinction, and some space scientists use the term "meteorite" for any rock that falls from space, whether to the Earth, the Moon or Mars. NASA has occasionally used the term "meteorite" for rocks found by the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity.
A rock fragment traveling in space is called a?
Its a meteoroid! or an asteroid
What materials is in the mantle?
It's very high temperature down in mantle so it resulting a solid rock to change into "molten" state. The molten material in the mantle is magma.
The process in which a rock changes because of extreme heat and pressure caused by a meteorite collision with Earth?
This is contact metamorphism. It is when the rock will be heated up really hot and then pressured into changing as it moves.
Is a meteorite a mineral?
No. A meteorite is a rock.
What type of rock is a meteorite?
A meteorite is an extraterrestrial rock formed from melt. An igneous rock.
What is a rock that strikes Earth's surface?
meteorite.
What is a rock in space called?
meteor
Is martian meteorite a living thing or not?
No. A Martian meteorite is simply a meteorite from Mars. It's basically just a rock.
Where is the meteorite on Obama vs alien?
it is the small rock that you pick up not really a meteorite
Is a meteorite a fireball?
No. a meteorite is a pice of rock or metal from sapce that has landed on the surface of a planet.
What is a rock falling through atmosphere?
It is a meteorite.
What do you call a rock that falls out of space?
meteorite
What is a rock from space that hit the earth?
meteorite
What is a lump of rock fallen from space?
A meteorite
What do meteorite look like?
A big rock
