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iron meteorite [′ī·ərn ′mēd·ē·ə‚rīt] (astronomy) A type of meteorite that consists mainly of iron and nickel and is several times heavier than any ordinary rock. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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``It's so beautiful with all the stuff from space,'' the North Hollywood girl said after touching a 355-pound fragment of an iron meteorite that more than 20,000 years ago smashed into the Arizona desert and created a crater 4,200 feet in diameter. ALIEN ROCK--First iron meteorite ever found on Mars. Previously, scientists had proposed that groundwater at the impact site vaporized and dispersed, taking with it much of the molten rock that had formed when the 40-meter-diameter iron meteorite hit. |
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