Recent Examples on the WebNewcombe and her co-authors found that the melting process stripped achondrites of their moisture, like baking cookie dough.—Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 25 June 2023 Anywhere from 10 to 29 percent of these were a type of achondrite that likely resulted from a massive collision on Vesta, the second-largest asteroid in the solar system at over 300 miles in diameter.—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2017 On the other hand, achondrites were produced by melting of their parent bodies.—Perry A. Farrell, Detroit Free Press, 17 Jan. 2018 Although most achondrites are fragments of asteroids, a few come from the moon or Mars.—Perry A. Farrell, Detroit Free Press, 17 Jan. 2018
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Word History
Etymology
probably borrowed from German Achondrite, from a-a- entry 2 + Chondritechondrite
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