howardite

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An achondritic stony meteorite.
    — The recommended criterion is based on the amount of magnesian ortho‐pyroxenite (diogenite) component in the meteorite. Howardites contain more than 10% and polymict eucrites contain less than 10%.

词形变化

howardites plural

词源

From Howard + -ite, after Edward Howard, a pioneer of meteoritics.
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