[meteorite-list] Where all the iron and nickle came from...?

From: Melanie Matthews <spacewoman2775_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:05:50 -0700
Message-ID: <BLU137-W2777B03F53A2AE719537A7D6E00_at_phx.gbl>

Hello list,
These metallic elements are so common in stony meteorites - as we know... now, don't they originally form at the cores of stars, and the traces of these metals that contained during the earliest days of the formation of our Solar System, are the remnants of nearby dead stars that exploded millions or billions of years before the Solar System started to emerge?

Regards
- Mel

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Received on Fri 18 Sep 2009 07:05:50 AM PDT