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METEORITE SNC [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2002-11-25
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Astronomy
- Petrography
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- SNC meteorite
1, record 1, English, SNC%20meteorite
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A small group of stony (achondrite) meteorites named after the places where they were discovered (Shergotty, Nakhla, Chassigny). 2, record 1, English, - SNC%20meteorite
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
This ... SNC meteorite had been ejected into space by an asteroid impact on Mars about 15 million years ago, and travelled around the Sun on an elliptical orbit on its own, as a miniture planet, until it impacted in an antarctic ice field about 13,000 years ago, where it was found in 1984. 3, record 1, English, - SNC%20meteorite
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
SNC: Shergotty, Nakhla, Chassigny. 2, record 1, English, - SNC%20meteorite
Record 1, Key term(s)
- Shergotty Nakhla Chassigny meteorite
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Astronomie
- Pétrographie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- météorite SNC
1, record 1, French, m%C3%A9t%C3%A9orite%20SNC
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Il y a un petit groupe de quinze météorites, toutes d'origine ignée, appelées SNC (d'après les spécimens Shergotty, Nakhla et Chassigny) qui ont, avec l'exception de ALH84001, des époques de cristallisation relativement récentes, égales ou inférieures à 1,3 Ga. 2, record 1, French, - m%C3%A9t%C3%A9orite%20SNC
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
SNC : abréviation de «Shergotty (Inde)/Nakhla (Égypte)/Chassigny (France)». 3, record 1, French, - m%C3%A9t%C3%A9orite%20SNC
Record 1, Key term(s)
- météorite Shergotty Nakhla Chassigny
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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