The Glass of the Stars
In short: Tektites are glassy pebbles formed when hypervelocity meteorite impacts melt terrestrial rocks, creating molten droplets that are ejected into the atmosphere and deposited in strewn fields.
A 1:36 short film in the series “Nature's Extremes”.
Sources used in this film: Academia.edu, “Exploration of tektite formation processes through water and metal content measurements”; University of Oxford, “New study simulates asteroid impact – and reveals the hidden strength of space rocks”; Harvard Museum of Natural History, “Meteorite Collection | Mineralogical & Geological Museum”; Planetary Science Institute, “Tektite - Planetary Science Institute”; Springer, “Tektite”; Springer, “Tektite Origin in Oblique Impacts: Numerical Modeling of the Initial Stage”; Nature Communications, “Isotopic evolution of planetary crusts by hypervelocity impacts evidenced by Fe in microtektites - Nature Communications”.
Sources used in this film
- Academia.edu — Exploration of tektite formation processes through water and metal content measurements · View →
- University of Oxford — New study simulates asteroid impact – and reveals the hidden strength of space rocks · View →
- Harvard Museum of Natural History — Meteorite Collection | Mineralogical & Geological Museum · View →
- Planetary Science Institute — Tektite - Planetary Science Institute · View →
- Springer — Tektite · View →
- Springer — Tektite Origin in Oblique Impacts: Numerical Modeling of the Initial Stage · View →
- Nature Communications — Isotopic evolution of planetary crusts by hypervelocity impacts evidenced by Fe in microtektites - Nature Communications · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Academia.edu: Exploration of tektite formation processes through water and metal content measurements
- Also: University of Oxford: New study simulates asteroid impact – and reveals the hidden strength of space rocks
- Also: Harvard Museum of Natural History: Meteorite Collection | Mineralogical & Geological Museum
- Also: Tektite - Planetary Science Institute
- Also: Springer: Tektite
- Also: Springer: Tektite Origin in Oblique Impacts: Numerical Modeling of the Initial Stage
- Also: Nature Communications: Isotopic evolution of planetary crusts by hypervelocity impacts evidenced by Fe in microtektites - Nature Communications
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