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Record 1 2002-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astrochemistry and Cosmochemistry
CONT

The stony meteorites represent the most heterogeneous class of meteorites, ranging from primordial matter that remained more or less unchanged for the last 4.5 billion years to highly evolved rocks from other differentiated worlds, such as the Moon or the planet Mars.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astrochimie et cosmochimie
DEF

Éléments chimiques formés par réaction entre les protons et les neutrons originels et constitués au cours des 3 premières minutes suivant le Big Bang (ex. hélium ou hydrogène primordial).

Spanish

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