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The Planetary and Interstellar Components of Meteorites: A Review

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

Ursula B. Marvin
Ursula B. Marvin*
Affiliation:
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory 60 Garden Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA

Abstract

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Recent analyses show that, although most meteorites are collisional debris of asteroids, three meteorites collected on the Antarctic ice sheet were projected to Earth from the highlands of the Moon, and eight meteorites have chemical and isotopic compositions suggestive of derivation from Mars. Although meteorites are primarily of interest to planetary scientists for the abundance of clues they hold to the materials and processes that formed the Solar system, they have begun to engage the attention of astrochemists because of isotopic and mineralogical indications that they contain interstellar components. Although each individual observation to this effect is inconclusive, the body of evidence is becoming ever more persuasive. This paper reviews the main classes of meteorites and their probable sources, with special emphasis on components that appear to be exotic to the Solar system.

Type
Meteorites
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 120: Astrochemistry , 1987 , pp. 469 - 484
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987 

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