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Meteoritics is the study of the only tangible entities that reach us from outer space. Except for the meteorites, scientists have to depend entirely on studies of some form of _radiation_ for all their knowledge of the wider cosmos lying outside of the atmosphere of the earth....
On March 24, a field party left the University of New Mexico to make a survey of this area. Unfortunately, Kansas blizzards can be as severe as any in Siberia, and although the...
7. Part 7Tektites have never been seen to fall. In spite of this fact, as we noted above, a number of scientists believe that, like the meteorites, the tektites really did come from oute...
3. Part 3Paleontologists, geologists, and other scientists give us an age of from 20,000 to 70,000 years for the Canyon Diablo crater. The discovery of the fossil remains of a prehistori...
1. Part 1Meteoritics is the study of the only tangible entities that reach us from outer space. Except for the meteorites, scientists have to depend entirely on studies of some form of _...
5. Part 5If markers were dropped straight down to earth from each point along the trajectory or flight-path of a meteorite through the atmosphere, the line joining the points where the m...
8. Part 8Howard’s views were soon put to the test. Shortly after the publication of his important paper, a shower of stony meteorites fell near L’Aigle, France, on April 26, 1803. This e...
4. Part 4Actually, the first _authentic_ case of a person being struck by a meteorite did not occur until November 30, 1954. Even then, the hit was an indirect one. At Sylacauga, Alabama...
6. Part 6Meteor showers are named for the constellation in which their radiant lies. The suffix “-id” (Greek for “daughters of”), or some modification of this suffix, is added to the nam...
9. Part 9If you are especially interested in meteoritics, you already may have read some good books on general astronomy. There are many and most of them are not too advanced for the beg...