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chondritic::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | granular |
| Derivation | chondrite |
Examples of chondritic
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Delivery of dark material to Vesta via carbonaceous chondritic impacts.
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Perovskite is a common mineral in the Ca-Al-rich inclusions found in some chondritic meteorites.
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However, no one has ever determined what kind of atmosphere a primitive chondritic planet would generate.
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Like comets, chondritic asteroids are some of the oldest and most primitive materials in the solar system.
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Although widely acknowledged to be ubiquitous in chondritic meteorites, their formation has been a mystery since 1877.
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The data indicates that Vesta could have a similar composition to the chondritic meteorites, which also come from the asteroid belt.
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Many moons ago, geochemists discovered that the Earth must be identical to the so-called chondritic meteorites in terms of its chemical composition.
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This further implies that terrestrial planets including Earth have similar water sources, which are chondritic meteorites, and not comets.
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However recent thermal infrared observations from the Mars Express Planetary Fourier Spectrometer, show poor agreement with any class of chondritic meteorite.
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- Having a granular structure like that of chondrites
- (chondrite) a rock of meteoric origin containing chondrules
- Chondrites are stony meteorites that have not been modified due to melting or differentiation of the parent body. They formed when various types of dust and small grains that were present in the early solar system accreted to form primitive asteroids. ...
- Chondritis is inflammation of cartilage.
- (Chondrite) A stony meteorite characterized by chondrules embedded in a finely crystalline matrix consisting of orthopyroxene, olivine, and nickel iron, with or without glass.
- (Chondrite) One of the two subgroups of Stoney(Aerolite) meteorites, they are distinguished by the presence of chondrules and are they are rich in plagioclase, pyroxene and olivine.
- (chondrite) A relatively abundant type of stone meteorite characterized by the presence of chondrules; also implies Solar composition (minus volatiles)
