Meteorite Itmilchil meteorite from Agoudal Morocco (largest meteorite Africa)

A meteorite is the part of a meteoroid impinges after it on the earth from space to have fallen through the atmosphere. During the trip through the atmosphere, the material is greatly slowed and very hot; this can be seen as a meteor. Essentially, a meteorite debris from space. On the basis of the composition of meteorites can sometimes be determined what the source is. For example, there are already more than twenty were found which are derived from the moon. This refers to material that another meteorite from the moon's out of control. There are also meteorites, such as ALH84001 found whose origin is Mars. In many cases, however, the meteorite came from the asteroid belt (also called asteroid belt) between Mars and Jupiter. Whether there meteorites consist of a cometary origin, is still under discussion. It is possible that some rare and very fragile species of carbonaceous meteorites of short-period comets originate. A lot of debris that comes in contact with the atmosphere does not reach the earth, but burns by the resistance of the atmosphere. The fragments that burn in the night visible as meteors, also called star rain or shooting star. For larger items that do not completely burn only partially as meteorites land on Earth, occurs when passing the atmosphere a bolide (fireball). That it can be an impressive phenomenon is apparent in the car of the Sikhote-Alin. That was very visible in full daylight. The fireball caused by the Dutch Glanerbrug meteorite from April 1990, just before sunset was visible.

 Het Atlasgebergte (Arabisch: جبال الأطلس) is een gebergte in het noordwesten van Afrika. Het ligt ten zuiden van de westelijke Middellandse Zee en loopt van west naar oost door Marokko, Algerije en Tunesië. Het gebergte is grotendeels het resultaat van een alpiene plooiing, behalve de zuidelijk gelegen Anti-Atlas, die een Hercynisch plooiingsgebied is. De plooiing is het resultaat van de tektonische werking van de Afrikaanse plaat tegen de Euraziatische plaat. De hoogste toppen reiken tot boven 4000 meter en op sommige van deze toppen ligt dan ook eeuwige sneeuw. Het gebied kan onderverdeeld worden in meerdere gebergten. De grootste en belangrijkste zijn, grofweg van west naar oost: Anti-Atlas (Marokko) Hoge Atlas (Marokko), Kleine Atlas (of Tell-Atlas) (Algerije en Marokko), Midden-Atlas (Marokko), Sahara-Atlas (Algerije en Marokko), Nemenchagebergte (Tunesië) Het Rifgebergte (Marokko) wordt niet tot de Atlas gerekend.

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