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The Cambridge encyclopedia of meteorites

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Foreword 1. Cosmic dust - interplanetary dust particles 2. The fall of meteorites 3. External morphology of meteorites 4. Classification of meteorites: a historical viewpoint 5. Primitive meteorites: the chondrites 6. Chondrites: a closer look 7. Primitive meteorites: the carbonaceous chondrites 8. Differentiated meteorites: the achondrites 9. Differentiated meteorites: irons and stony-irons 10. Meteorites and the early solar system 11. Asteroid parent bodies 12. Terrestrial impact craters Appendices.

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Foreword 1. Cosmic dust - interplanetary dust particles 2. The fall of meteorites 3. External morphology of meteorites 4. Classification of meteorites: a historical viewpoint 5. Primitive meteorites: the chondrites 6. Chondrites: a closer look 7. Primitive meteorites: the carbonaceous chondrites 8. Differentiated meteorites: the achondrites 9. Differentiated meteorites: irons and stony-irons 10. Meteorites and the early solar system 11. Asteroid parent bodies 12. Terrestrial impact craters Appendices.

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Foreword 1. Cosmic dust - interplanetary dust particles 2. The fall of meteorites 3. External morphology of meteorites 4. Classification of meteorites: a historical viewpoint 5. Primitive meteorites: the chondrites 6. Chondrites: a closer look 7. Primitive meteorites: the carbonaceous chondrites 8. Differentiated meteorites: the achondrites 9. Differentiated meteorites: irons and stony-irons 10. Meteorites and the early solar system 11. Asteroid parent bodies 12. Terrestrial impact craters Appendices.

Key concepts: Encyclopedia, Meteorite, History, Astrobiology, Computer science, Library science, Physics

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