From hot to cold
Part of Hall of Meteorites.

The chemical composition of each meteorite provides clues to where its parent body resided in the solar system.
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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...
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Abee
Iron will remain in a metallic state unless it is exposed to a substance like water, which "oxidizes" the metal.
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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...
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Renfrow
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Fisher
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Wikenburg
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Oakley (stone)
Like Renfrow (above), Melrose (right), Fisher and Wickenburg (left), Oakley (below) is an example of a meteorite that formed at an...
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Melrose (A)
Like Renfrow (above), Melrose (right), Fisher and Wickenburg (left), Oakley (below) is an example of a meteorite that formed at an...