[Earth Sciences 1086F/G] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (40 pages long!)

• School: Western University
• Department: Earth Sciences
• Course: Earth Sciences 1086F/G
• Professor: Terry Webb

Document Summary

Ancient greeks/romans called meteorites betyls: thought the rocks were chunks off some god"s house. Kaaba stone: large meteorite that muslims pay homage to in mecca: might be just obsidian (dark volcanic glass) or impactite (impact glass) Some european philosophers/scientists thought meteorites were heavenly bodies that somehow fell to earth. Most thought the universe was cleaned out of all solid material, so they thought they were terrestrial: maybe from volcanoes, or rocks from whirlwinds, thunderstorms flown back to the ground. One of the earliest witnessed meteorites: 1492. Chladni, physicist, published a book on eyewitness accounts of meteorites (ridiculed at the time: father of meteoritics. Finally in 1795 many people witnessed a meteorite falling from the sky. Meteoroid: natural rocky object in space measuring from a few mm to 100 m in diameter. Meteor: visual streak of light associated with a passage of a small meteoroid through.