Assertion: meteorite | /r/CapableOf | fall to earth
Facets:
value: everywhere
type: LOCATION
value: all the time
type: TEMPORAL
value: each year
type: TEMPORAL
value: in the moroccan desert
type: LOCATION
value: in the remote past
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: They represent the deeply weathered remains of meteorites that fell to Earth in the remote past and were preserved in sedimentary deposits sufficiently well that they can be recognized through mineralogical and geochemical studies.
text: About 86% of the meteorites that fall on Earth are chondrites, which are named for the small, round particles they contain.
text: Meteorites have already landed on Earth.
text: Although predicting these events is nearly impossible, there are a couple different ways in which researchers can measure how many meteorites fall to the Earth.
text: In the early 19th century most scientists believed that all meteorites falling towards the Earth were from the Moon.
text: Of all of the meteorites that fall on the earth, scientists estimate that only about five percent are Iron Meteorites.
text: Despite what we may have seen in Hollywood action movies, meteorites are not burning, or even hot, when they land upon the Earth.
text: Of the more than 24,000 meteorites known to have landed on Earth, only 34 are thought to have originated on Mars.
text: Meteorites that fall to Earth represent some of the original, diverse materials that formed planets billions of years ago.
text: Although the majority of meteorites that fall to Earth are stony, most of the meteorites discovered long after they fall are irons.
text: Although most people buy meteorite jewelry based on its visual appeal, knowing when and where your meteorite fell to Earth is certainly a conversation starter.
text: A meteorite is a meteor that has fallen to Earth.
text: Ordinary chondrites are the most common type of stony meteorite, accounting for 86 percent of all meteorites that have fallen to Earth.
text: Although the majority of meteorites that fall to Earth are stony, more of the meteorites that are discovered long after they fall are irons - these heavy objects are easier to distinguish from Earth rocks than stony meteorites.
text: Asteroids and the meteorites that fall to Earth are not pieces of a planet that broke apart, but instead are the original diverse materials from which the planets formed.
text: The dark Tissint meteorite that he shows us is just one piece of a larger meteorite that fell to Earth in the Moroccan desert, exploding into multiple pieces in the process, on July 18, 2011.
text: Many meteorites have been recovered by persons who happen to be near where they fall to Earth.
text: Meteorites fall to Earth all the time and are distributed over the entire planet, so you could even find one in your own backyard!
text: The meteorite fell to Earth after the retreat of glaciers from the area.
text: An analysis of meteorite fall statistics suggests that about 30,000 meteorites of mass greater than 3.5 oz (100 g) fall to earth each year.
text: About 8% of the meteorites that fall on Earth are achondrites, some of which appear to be similar to terrestrial mafic igneous rocks.
text: Meteorites fall everywhere on Earth, all the time.
text: The most common meteorites to fall on Earth are called chondrites.
text: They fall everywhere on Earth.
text: Most larger meteorites are cold in their bulk mass when they land on Earth, since their heated outer layers ablate from the objects before impacting.
text: Asteroid Vesta has supplied some meteorites that landed on Earth.
text: Meteorites are pieces of asteroids and other bodies like the moon and Mars that travel through space and fall to the earth.
text: (In the early 19th century most scientists believed that all meteorites falling towards the earth were from the Moon.)