From hot to cold

Part of Hall of Meteorites.

B.6.2. From hot to cold

The chemical composition of each meteorite provides clues to where its parent body resided in the solar system.

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Exhibit Orgueil Studies suggest the meteorite Orgueil might come from the core of a comet, an object made of ice, dust and rock that orbits the Sun... Exhibit Abee Iron will remain in a metallic state unless it is exposed to a substance like water, which "oxidizes" the metal. Exhibit Allende (AMNH 4328) The outer planets—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune—formed in the coolest part of the early solar nebula, which was rich in volatile... Exhibit Renfrow   Exhibit Fisher   Exhibit Wikenburg   Exhibit Oakley (stone) Like Renfrow (above), Melrose (right), Fisher and Wickenburg (left), Oakley (below) is an example of a meteorite that formed at an... Exhibit Melrose (A) Like Renfrow (above), Melrose (right), Fisher and Wickenburg (left), Oakley (below) is an example of a meteorite that formed at an...