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Colliding chondrules

Part of Hall of Meteorites.

B.2.2.4.2. Compound chondrule hero

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In the disk of swirling dust and gas from which our solar system formed, chondrules hit other small particles and stuck together. Sometimes chondrules even ran into one another. These two chondrules from Allende collided more than four billion years ago.

For Educators

Topic: Astronomy

Subtopic: Planets

Keywords: Astrophysics, Chondrites (Meteorites), Solar System--Origin, Astrogeology, Chondrules

Audience: General