astronomy

Meteoritics & Planetary Science

Meteoritics & Planetary Science is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Meteoritics & Planetary Science rather than just read about it. In short: Meteoritics & Planetary Science is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Meteoritical Society. It specialises in the fields of meteoritics and planetary science.

Key takeaways

Meteoritics & Planetary Science belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Meteoritics & Planetary Science to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Meteoritics & Planetary Science from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Meteoritics & Planetary Science is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Meteoritical Society. It specialises in the fields of meteoritics and planetary science. The journal was established as Meteoritics in 1953, adopting its current name when the scope was broadened in 1996. Since January 1, 2003, the editor-in-chief is A.J. Timothy Jull (Arizona Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Laboratory).

History The journal was established in 1953 as the successor of the Notes and Contributions that were published on behalf of the Meteoritical Society in Popular Astronomy, from 1933 to 1951. Initially titled Meteoritics, with the 1996 January issue the journal became Meteoritics and Planetary Science.

Scope Coverage encompasses planets, natural satellites, interplanetary dust, interstellar medium, lunar samples, meteors, meteorites, asteroids, comets, craters, and tektites and comes from multiple disciplines, such as astronomy, astrophysics, physics, geophysics, chemistry, isotope geochemistry, mineralogy, Earth science, geology, or biology The journal publishes original research papers, invited reviews, editorials, and book reviews.

Abstracting and indexing Meteoritics & Planetary Science is indexed and abstracted in:

Current Contents/Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences GEOBASE/Geographical & Geological Abstracts Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts Science Citation Index Scopus According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2019 impact factor of 2.863, ranking it 37h out of 85 journals in the category "Geochemistry & Geophysics".

References

External links Official website Meteoritics & Planetary Science (2002-2009) at The University of Arizona Institutional Repository

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Meteoritics & Planetary Science

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Meteoritics & Planetary Science claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Meteoritics & Planetary Science before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Meteoritics & Planetary Science ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Meteoritics & Planetary Science

In research: Meteoritics & Planetary Science appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Meteoritics & Planetary Science in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Meteoritics & Planetary Science is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Academic journals established in 1953, English-language journals, Meteoritics publications, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Meteoritics & Planetary Science outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Meteoritics & Planetary Science in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Meteoritics & Planetary Science means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Meteoritics & Planetary Science out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Meteoritics & Planetary Science in simple terms?

Why does Meteoritics & Planetary Science matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Meteoritics & Planetary Science?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Meteoritics & Planetary Science.