• Question: What metal is most common inside a meteor?

    Asked by PoisonIvy49 to Aimee on 9 Nov 2015.
    • Photo: Aimee Goodall

      Aimee Goodall answered on 9 Nov 2015:

      I have never even thought about this!
      Most meteorites (95%) are made up of the metals iron-nickel (FeNi).
      Around 4 – 30% is nickel the rest is iron and there are tiny amounts of some other elements cobalt (Co).
      Some meteorites have been found to have gold (Au), platinum (Pt) and iridium (In).
      I found this cool website which has lots of pictures of meteorites which you might find interesting.
      http://meteorites.wustl.edu/id/metal.htm

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