Chondrite (Noun)
Meaning
A rock of meteoric origin containing chondrules.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made).
Examples
- The Stardust sample return spacecraft was designed to collect dust particles and small chondrites from a comet for study on Earth.
- Chondrites are the most common type of meteorite to fall to Earth and are thought to originate from the breakup of small asteroids.
- The chondrite meteorite found in the Australian outback was valued for its exceptional size and state of preservation.
- After traveling for years, the research team was finally able to isolate the large chondrite at the heart of the sample they had retrieved from space.
- Much of our current knowledge about the composition and origin of our solar system has come from studying fragments of chondrites and other stony-iron meteorites.