a.) why are comets, astroids, and meteorites important to the study of the formation of the solar system?
b.) Compare the different types of asteroids with the different types of meteorites.
2007-02-14 13:29:02 · 6 answers · asked by puff 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Comets, asteroids (or, minor planets), and meteoroids (meteorites after they land, and meteors as they pass through the atmosphere) are important for two reasons. First, they are not of this earth and, therefore are interesting for that reason.
More importantly they are (thought to be) unchanged since the creation of the solar system. So, many ideas about the origin of the solar system can be tested by study of these extraterrestrial objects.
There are three main types of meteorites: the irons, the stoney irons, and the carbonaceous chondrites. Iron meteorites are composed mainly of the alloy nickel-iron, the stoney irons are composed of silicate minerals with iron-nickel, and the carbonaceous chondrites (I'm going way back in my mind here) are a stoney meteorite with organic molecules, sulfide minerals and water.
I think the asteroids, by spectroscopic study, have been classified similarly. It would be interesting to see if individual asteroids vary from place to place by type.
2007-02-14 14:20:18 · answer #1 · answered by David A 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
a) These objects have remained unaffected by weather and planetary activity (e.g., volcanoes), so they are as they were when the solar system was formed. These objects give us samples of the early solar system to study.
For b), check out the June 2006 issue of Astronomy magazine, and article that discusses how meteorites are linked to specific asteroid families based on chemical makeup and colour (actually, fascinating reading).
2007-02-14 14:20:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Asteroids and meteors and meteorites are all the same in
one way they are new raw and technical equipment of themselves. These are gravitational limited and captured to make lightening, and materials necessary to the formulation of
weather. Comets are direct scientific evidence of data active
full element formations that supply planets. They will dissipate
in atmospheres and land their property on the earth.
The difference of these weather proponents is that some
are for various forms of the weather particles. Meteorites tend
to become ice, foams of snow gas, and raw iron.
2007-02-14 13:58:06 · answer #3 · answered by mtvtoni 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
a. If their were no more asteroids, meteorites and comets left, we wouldn't have been able to find out that our planet has well has all solid ones originated from asteroids before they took their place has planets.
Has for b, you are on your own.
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2007-02-14 13:37:42 · answer #6 · answered by Milo Camalanee 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋