Do meteoroids have magnetic properties?

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Do meteoroids have magnetic properties?
Meteoroids are small rocks or pieces of meal in outer space. Most meteorites contain a significant amount of Fe-Ni metal, which cause them to be heavier than rocks found on Earth. They are mostly made up of silicon and oxygen. Larger meteoroids are made of nickel and iron. They orbit the sun and other rocky planets. Meteoroids are created by asteroids smashing together and creating space debris. Because larger meteorites are made of nickel and iron, so is it magnetic?
Meteoroids are not magnetic, such as they can’t attract a paperclip, but they will attract magnets. There are many exceptions of meteorites that contain no metal and are not attracted to a magnets. however, many terrestrial rocks and artificial rocks do show magnetic properties. Magnetic rocks are found to be in space though. The rock must contain magnetite in order to be magnetic. Scientists studying the Allan Hills meteorite, a 4-billion-year-old rock from Mars that landed in Antarctica about 13,000 years ago, found just crystals deep inside the space rock containing magnetite.

What the scientists claim is that these magnetites from the crystals are not known other than the ones that are naturally created on earth. They know of no other mechanism to make them, either on Earth or Mars. The scientists believe that these crystals traveled from Mars in the meteorite, rather than being produced on Earth by bacteria that contaminated the meteorite. This means that some other planet contains magnetite.

If some meteroids can attract magnetic forces, then so can other rocks in space. This is a major problem considering how we believe earth’s core is magnetic. We could possibly attract more meteroides with magnetite and can damage our earth. But finding magnetite on different planets can affect our everyday life. Magnets are used in everything we use, and finding it on another planet means more supply. This also means we could also look at living on mars because it has the resources we need and more.



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