Open AccessThe Desert Fireball Network
Author(s) -
Bland Philip A
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
astronomy & geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.168
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1468-4004
pISSN - 1366-8781
DOI - 10.1046/j.1468-4004.2003.45520.x
Subject(s) - meteorite , protoplanet , planetesimal , astrobiology , solar system , meteoroid , astronomy , context (archaeology) , planetary science , geology , desert (philosophy) , astrophysics , physics , planet , protoplanetary disk , geography , paleontology , philosophy , epistemology
Meteorites contain a record of processes ranging from the pre-solar stellar evolution of our galactic neighbourhood, to protoplanetary disk formation and evolution, and the accretion and differentiation of planetesimals and protoplanets in the early solar system. But unlike geologists, planetary scientists must interpret this unique record with no spatial context to help them: with precise orbital...