Earth Sciences 1086F/G Study Guide - Final Guide: Meteorite Fall, Baetylus, Kaaba
13 Jan 2020
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Ancient greeks and romans called meteorites betyls (hebrew for home of g-d) Thought that the rocks may be some of g-d"s house. They were valued by ancient egyptians found entombed with the pharaohs in pyramids. The east african wanika tribe worshiped a meteorite. The sacred black kaaba stone that muslims pay homage in mecca is large meteorite. Some european philosophers and scientists felt that meteorites were heavenly bodies that somehow fell to earth. However most thought that the cosmos had long since been cleaned out of all solid material. Therefore meteorites must have been wholly terrestrial (e. g. ying rocks from explosive volcanoes) Early instance of a meteorite fall was november 7 1942. Stony chrodite meteorite was observed to fall in a wheat eld outside of the walled town of. In 1774 a physicist named ernest chladni published a book in he compiled all the data he could nd about several meteorites. He is now known as the father of meteorites.
