• Question: what type of rock are meteorites/asteroids?

    Asked by dandav to Angus, Christian, Hannah, Laura, Simon on 19 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Simon Holyoake

      Simon Holyoake answered on 19 Jun 2013:

      mostly they are made from similar materials to rocks on earth (Silicon, calcium, oxygen) although others are made of metal, and mostly contain iron and nickel

    • Photo: Hannah Bentham

      Hannah Bentham answered on 19 Jun 2013:

      Agree with Simon’s answer.

      But just to add that some asteroids have ice on them (ie 24 Themis ) and it’s thought that the asteroid that created the moon brought the first water to Earth!

    • Photo: Laura Roberts Artal

      Laura Roberts Artal answered on 19 Jun 2013:

      Simon and Hannah are absolutely right.

      Just to add that there are four types of asteroids: C type, D type, S type and V type. They are different because of what they are made of and also because of where they are come in the Universe.
      There are also three different types of meteorites: stone metorites, iron meteorites and a mix of stony-iron metorites.

    • Photo: Christian Maerz

      Christian Maerz answered on 21 Jun 2013:

      Nothing to add…

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