Achondrite
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Achondrite is a noun meaning (astronomy, geology) Any stony meteorite that contains no chondrules.
Meaning
(astronomy, geology) Any stony meteorite that contains no chondrules.
Example Sentences
The Vestan, Lunar, and Martian meteorites are achondrites.
The study confirms a 20-year-old theory that balsaltic^([sic]) achondrite meteorites are projected off the surface of the asteroid 4 Vesta, the second largest asteroid in the solar system, which lies between Jupiter and Mars.
Word Forms
- achondrites
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include chondrite, angrite, brachinite, howardite, chondrule, eucrite.
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