Meteorite family tree -- Prologue: Written in rock -- Stones from the sky -- Earthfall -- From gas to dust; from dust to worlds -- Spheres of metal and molten stone -- Cosmic sediments -- Drops of fiery rain -- Stars down a microscope -- Star-tar -- Pieces of the Red Planet -- Calamitous tales -- Epilogue: The story goes on -- Appendix: Meteor showers.
Summary:
Every rock has a story tell, and none more so than those which have fallen from the sky: meteorites. Originating in the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter, these rocky fragments offer clues not just to the earliest origins of the Solar System but also to Earth's very survival into the future.
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