Meteorites

METEORITES The term //meteorite// is also used for a meteoroid that has landed on the surface of a celestial body other than earth. NASA's Rover Opportunity found an iron meteorite on Mars ( Hailey-3B Team )

Meteorites are meteors but when they hit the earth they become meteorites. (Abby-3B:Jupiter Team)

There are three main types of meteorites. The most abundant are //stone meteorites// which are primarily made up of silicate minerals such as olivine, pyroxene and feldspar. As their name implies, //iron meteorites// are mainly composed of iron but also contain a significant amount of nickel. The rarest of the three are the //stony-iron meteorites//. They are a mixture of stony and metallic materials. (Hailey-3B Team Uranus) When a meteoiro is in the sky its called a meteoiro and when it hits anything it turnes into a meteorite.(Ava-3B Team Saturn)

animals get extinct because of meteor showers. some unusual meteorites come from our moon not the asteroid belt. mars and the moon were hit with meteors all sizes. meteorites are older than earth rocks. meteors are made up of many unusual minerals.