But nobody plans ahead of time to observe a bolide, and still less does anybody ever plan in advance to watch a meteorite arrive on the earth's surface, whether on land or sea.
It must be produced by the gradual falling in of the materials, due to the gravitation of the mass toward its centre, each particle converting its energy of position into heat, as does the meteorite when it comes into the air.
Thus, in the case of the Cocke County meteorite of Tennessee, one of the iron species, the fragments, perhaps thousands in number, which came from the explosion of the body were scattered over an area of some thousand square miles.
The girl unclosed her eyes, and a light played out of them that followed him into the dark and streamed across the heavens like the meteorite that had once fallen on Meteor Island.
On the crest of the island, at the very spot where, scientists averred, a meteorite had fallen in some prehistoric age, there stood a thick grove, chiefly of hemlock trees.
Altogether ten tons of this iron have been collected, and specimens of the Canyon Diablo meteorite are in most collectors' cabinets.
He attacked the specimen chemically, and soon afterwards announced to the scientific world that the Canyon Diablo meteorite contained diamonds, both black and transparent.
But he records without modification the fall of a meteorite at Gotha, Germany, Sept.
Yuma Sentinel, a meteorite that "resembles steel" had been found in the Mohave Desert.
The meteorite of Rutherford, North Carolina, is of artificial material: mass of pig iron.
A solitary stony meteorite was found by a sledging party lying on the ice of the plateau.
This is, we believe, the first occasion on which a meteorite has been found in the Antarctic regions.
Now put the meteoritecarefully in place, resting on these nail-heads, and then put on the upper half of the "jacket.
The Canyon Diabolo meteoriteabove referred to was found to contain diamonds!
In the case of the fall of meteoric stones, which occasionally occur, it has sometimes been noticed that the sound caused by the explosion of the meteorite, or its passage through the air, is heard before the meteorite is seen to fall.
Fletcher concludes "that a meteorite of large size would not be prevented by the earth's atmosphere from having a penetration effect sufficient for the production of such a crater.
The so-called Canyon Diabolo meteorite was found in a canyon of that name about 2-1/2 miles from the Coon Mountain.
Are you not afraid you will be dissipated like a meteorite by the intense heat of friction with the planet's atmosphere, or else be smashed to atoms by the shock?
You must know, to begin with, that this greatest natural curiosity on the face of our planet is no common meteorite such as you are acquainted with.
There is not a single element in the meteorite that does not exist also in the crust of the earth.
Thus far, these chemical analyses point to an abiogenic origin for the organic matter, and no conclusive evidence exists of biological activity on the meteorite parent body.
The field of the meteoritebrought Virginia--and us--through to this point in space.
A huge ball of blue fire hung, about the meteorite and the instruments.
I saw the gray side of the rough iron meteorite itself, half-buried in the sand at the bottom of the pit.
The field of this meteorite deflected light waves so that we saw them earlier, according to our conventional ideas of time, than they originated.
In the light of the stars we could make out the huge crater the meteorite had torn, with a few odds and ends of equipment scattered about it.
As fast as the rugged iron side of the meteorite was uncovered, a white crust of frost formed over it.
The field of this meteorite bends light through space-time, through the four-dimensional continuum.
We have not yet heard how the big meteorite was wrenched from its icy bed, and it is probable that when the Hope reaches New York we shall have an interesting story to tell you about it.
A meteorite is a fallen meteor or star, a mass of metal that has fallen upon the earth from space.
Still determined to obtain the meteorite, Peary made another voyage in the summer of 1897, and was successful in shipping the meteorite and taking it to the United States.
The poet Pindar was seated on a hill at the time of its descent, and the meteorite struck the earth near his feet.
Alais; the latter that of the meteorite of Wayne county, Ohio, described by Professor J.
The great velocity ascribed to the supposed meteoriteat the moment of striking could be accounted for by the fact that it probably plunged nearly vertically downward, for it formed a circular crater in the rocky crust of the earth.
When the suggestion was first made in 1896 that a monster meteorite might have created by its fall this singular lone crater in stratified rocks, it was greeted with incredulous smiles; but since then the matter has assumed a different aspect.
It has been remarked that the Coon Butte meteorite may have fallen not longer ago than a few thousand years.
A meteorite weighing many tons and striking the earth with a velocity of twenty or thirty miles per second, would probably cause frightful havoc.
October 1948) In this study, it is stated that a meteorite is unlikely to penetrate the thick shell our space vehicles will undoubtedly have.
But if they ever get up to speeds like a thousand miles a second, that mental lag could make an enormous difference, whether it was a meteorite heading toward you or a matter of navigation.
Suppose radar or some other device warned you a meteorite was coming toward you head-on.
Probability that a meteorite will hit or penetrate a body situated in the vicinity of the earth," by G.
The Meteorite Mountain is in a class by itself and is, in a way, as great a curiosity as is the Grand Canon.
Locally it is known as Coon Butte, which is a misnomer; but Meteorite Mountain is a name with a meaning.
All over the meteorite zone are scattered about small pieces of iron which he calls "iron shale.
Altogether ten tons of this iron have been collected, and specimens of Canyon Diablo Meteorite are in most collectors' cabinets.
He regards these bits of iron as dead sparks from a celestial forge, which fell from the meteorite as it blazed through the heavens.
When the meteorite was first discovered by a Mexican sheep herder he supposed that he had found a large piece of silver, because of its great weight and luster, but he was soon informed of his mistake.
He was fortunate enough to find a three pound meteoritewithin five minutes after arriving on the rim, which Mr. Volz said was the first specimen found by anyone in over four years.
Another peculiarity of Canon Diablo meteorite is that it contains diamonds.
He assumed that if such a meteorite was buried there the large mass of metallic iron must indicate its presence by magnetic attraction.
There is little doubt that these masses formed part of a meteorite shower, although no record exists as to when the fall took place.
Foote, who pronounced it to be meteorite and of celestial origin.
A crater of irregular shape surrounded it, and themeteorite was lying in half-exposed view.
Some years ago a meteorite crushed into the home of an Italian peasant, killing the occupant; and cattle have been known to be destroyed by them; but such instances are exceptional.
A farmer in Indiana, while watching its passage heard the thud of a falling object, and going to the spot the following morning found a small meteorite weighing two thirds of a pound.
In 1660 a meteorite fell at Milan, on the authority of the Italian physicist Paolo Maria Tezzayo, killing a Franciscan monk.
This was well illustrated in the case of the meteorite which fell at Dhurmsala, Kangra, Punjaub, India, in 1860, fragments of which can be seen in the Field Museum in Chicago.
This meteorite was stationed at a point where two Indian trails met, and was observed and worshiped as a shrine.
Some time in past ages a meteorite weighing at least ten tons shot into our atmosphere and struck the earth near the famous Canyon Diablo in Arizona, the mysterious gulch crossed by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad.
The visitor to Mecca will find enshrined in a place of honor a meteorite which can be traced back beyond 600 A.
A part of the ten-ton meteoritewhich fell at Coon Butte, near Canyon Diablo.
A meteorite in the Vienna Museum, which fell in Hungary, weighs six hundred and forty-seven pounds, while the Cranbourne meteorite in the British Museum weighs four tons.
The iron masses were widely scattered over the slope and the adjacent mesa, and it was assumed that a gigantic meteorite or star had fallen and produced the cone, another striking the earth and forming what is now known as the Canyon Diablo.
A meteorite characterized by the presence of but a small amount of metallic iron.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "meteorite" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: fireball; meteor; radiant
