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(meteorobs) the stuff that meteors are made of...



Hello!

Please forgive my ignorance on this subject, but I was wondering:

Do all meteors contain metal that can be picked up by a magnet?  Is
there no other way of determining if a piece of debris is of an
extraterrestrial origin?  And how does the fact that the debris being
attracted to a magnet make it a meteorite? 

Thanks, 
Steven Rimlinger