Glossary
anorthosite
asthenosphere
atomic mass
basalt
Big Bang
Black hole
carbonanaceous chondrites
Calcium-Aluminium-rich Inclusion (CAI)
Chondrites
Chondrules
continental crust
crust
frost line
fundamental matter
fusion crust
giant impact hypothesis
granite
gravity
immiscible
impact craters
inner core
iron meteorite
isotope
Hertzsprung-Russell diagram (H-R diagram)
kinetic energy
lithosphere
lunar magma ocean hypothesis
magma ocean
magnetic field
Main sequence star
mantle
metamorphism
Meteorite
meteoroids
Moho (Mohorovicic Discontinuity)
Nebula: an immense cloud of gas and dust in space; also called a “molecular cloud”
Nuclear Fusion
oceanic crust
olivine
Ordinary chondrites
Outgassing
Outer core
Pallasite
peridotite
phase transitions
plagioclase feldspar
planetary differentiation
planetesimals
protoplanetary disk.
Protoplanets
pyroxene
Radioactive decay
regmaglipts
regolith
Superbolide
Supernova
Viscosity
xenolith