How do we know where meteorites come from?

Today, seventy meteorites are recognised to have come from the planet Mars. In its collections, the Western Australian Museum contains samples of three Martian meteorites and two samples of lunar meteorites. But, how do scientists know where a meteorite comes from? read more

Article | Updated 1 years ago Meteorites are solid pieces of natural space debris that do not completely disintegrate during their descent through the atmosphere. read more

Answer Wiki. Meteoroids are the dust of mostly debris in solar system, visible path of meteoroid is called meteor, when it enters into earth atmosphere after that fallen on earth, that name is called meteorite. these meteorites are not a part of Mars, meteoroids are in the part of solar system or space. read more

Here is Nakhla, or rather a fragment of Nakhla, a Martian meteorite that fell in Egypt in 1911. read more

Since there are many kinds of meteorites, they may come from different extraterrestrial objects Here are a few things scientists study to determine the source of meteorites: They compare them to rocks collected on the Moon and observed by space craft on Mars. A few meteorites resemble these rocks. read more

meteorites come from something known as “parent bodies.” these parent bodies are all different sizes and shapes, as well as ages. some are comprised mostly of various silicates, some are silicates with small FeNi particles inside, and the most rare ones are completely Fe with varying levels of Ni in them. overall, there a very large number of differing classifications for meteorites. read more