Asteroid / Comet
Mesosiderite
A jumbled stony-iron meteorite.
A breccia of silicate fragments and metal in roughly equal amounts, likely formed by an ancient asteroid collision.
Overview
A breccia of silicate fragments and metal in roughly equal amounts, likely formed by an ancient asteroid collision.
See also
Pallasite
A stony-iron meteorite studded with olivine gems.
Carbonaceous Chondrite
A primitive carbon- and water-rich meteorite.
Asteroids
Rocky relics of the early Solar System.
Comets
Dirty snowballs from the outer Solar System.
Meteoroids, Meteors & Meteorites
Three names for one falling rock.
Near-Earth Asteroid
An asteroid whose orbit ventures near Earth.