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Meteorite sind Bruchstücke extraterrestrischer Körper, die den Flug durch die Erdatmosphäre überlebt haben und auf der Erdoberfläche aufschlugen. Die Meteoriten stammen aus drei verschiedenen Quellen. In ihrer weit überwiegenden Mehrzahl (bisher >60.000) stellen Meteoriten Bruchstücke von kollidierten planetarischen Körpern dar, die den Asteroidengürtel bilden. In dieser Zone unseres Sonnensystems, die sich im Wesentlichen zwischen den Umlaufbahnen der Planeten Mars und Jupiter befindet, rotieren unzählige Kleinstplaneten und ihre Fragmente um die Sonne (Abschn. 32.2 ).

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