Earth Sciences 1086F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Ernst Chladni, Meteorite Fall, Meteoritics
4 Apr 2016
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Earliest instance of meteorite fall was november 7, 1942 in ensisheim, alsace, france! 1774 physicist ernst chladni published book of collections of observed meteorite falls: now known as father of meteoritics but his book was ridiculed when rst published, this is when outer space exploration took off! 1795 a 25kg meteorite fell in world cottage, england! Things come from outer space, but where exactly do they come from! Exploring space for oating debris and realized there was a large gap between mars and jupiter: named the asteroid ceres which has now been classi ed a dwarf planet! Titius-bode law states mathematically there should be another planet in that space! 1801 rst discovery by giuseppe piazzi in sicily of object in that space! Asteroid: natural rocky object in space measuring100m to several hundred km in diameter! Meteoroid:: natural rocky object in space measuring from a few millimetres to 100m in diameter!
