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Ancient men have long known that rocks fell from the skies, but the scientists of the day were disinclined to accept such a ridiculous notion. In fact, President Thomas Jefferson was known to say that he would sooner believe that a Yankee scientist would lie, than that stones would fall from the heavens.
But a stony-iron meteorite was, according to legend, incorporated into the blade of Jim Bowie's remarkable knife, and there have been other legends of notable swords made from "iron from God".
The widespread acceptance of meteorites as stones falling from the skies probably came in the early 1800's.
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What has the least mass in the solar system?
Certain asteroids, comets, meteoroids or moons.
What is found in the solar system besides thw sun planets and moons?
There are asteroids, meteoroids and comets.
How did Ptolemy discover the solar system?
circles
What are left over rocky chuncks from formation of the solar system?
Asteroids, meteoroids, comets and kuiper belt objects.
Are comets asteroids or meteoroids found in orbit between Mars and Jupiter?
Between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter is the asteroid belt, which contains the bulk of the solar system's asteroids. Where there are asteroids the are undoubtedly meteoroids.
Debris from the solar system strikes the earth as?
meteoroids!
Are the meteoroids comets and asteroids part of your solar system?
Yes.
Other members of the solar system?
asteroids comets meteoroids meteor meteorites
What are some SSSBs in the solar system?
Comets, Asteroids, Meteoroids, meteors, meteorites
What has the least mass in the solar system?
Certain asteroids, comets, meteoroids or moons.
What is the definition of the solar system?
The Solar System refers to the Sun and the planets (and their moons) and the other bodies that orbit it... including the asteroids, meteoroids and comets.
What are solid bits of debris that travel through the solar system?
Meteoroids, asteroids and comets.
The smallest member of your solar system include?
Pieces of dust or small meteoroids. Smaller than this are the electrons in the solar wind.
Why are comets asteroids and meteoroids part of your solar system?
they r broken pieces of rock from planets and they r something natural in the solar system so yeah.
What is found in the solar system besides thw sun planets and moons?
There are asteroids, meteoroids and comets.
What did Kepler discover about the orbits of the solar system?
Kepler discovered the orbits of the solar system are elliptical.
What are the heavenly bodies composed in a solar system?
Star (sun), planets, moons, dwarf planets, meteoroids, asteroids, comets. That's most of them, based on what's in our solar system.
