Howardite

noun

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Noun
  1. 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%."

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eucrite

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"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%."

Etymology

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

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