Multiple Choice
A typical iron meteorite shows a Widmanstätten pattern. This suggests that it is a(n) :
A) iron-nickel object that has existed unheated from the beginning of the solar system.
B) fragment of an undifferentiated (primitive) asteroid.
C) fragment from the core of a differentiated asteroid.
D) fragment from the crust of a differentiated asteroid.
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