achondrite
nounEtymology From a- + chondrite.
- The study confirms a 20-year-old theory that balsaltic^([sic]) achondrite meteorites are projected off the surface of the asteroid 4 Vesta, the second largest asteroid in the solar system, which lies between Jupiter and Mars.1993 April 27, “SCIENCE WATCH; New Light Is Shed On Moon's Brightness”, in The New York Times:
- The Vestan, Lunar, and Martian meteorites are achondrites.2011, Dieter Rehder, Chemistry in Space:
- Derived terms
- achondritic