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Planet Earth
Organisation
• 30 Lectures: Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday 10-11am, M17
• 4 Practicals: Tuesday afternoon, Main Lab
Geology
• Field Trip: Killiney (date to be confirmed),
full afternoon
planetesimals home
www.aerospaceweb.org/
Composition of the Solar System
• The asteroids: Located in a belt between
the terrestrial and Jovian planets.
• Meteorites: Most are probably fragments
from the asteroid belt of our solar system.
– Siderites, or “irons” (98% metal)
– Siderolites, or “stony irons” (50% metal, 50%
silicate)
– Aerolite, or “stones” (silicate > metal)