The iron meteorites
A)never fall on the Earth.
B)are only found in the Antarctic.
C)are composed of carbonaceous chondrites.
D)are responsible for most of the meteor craters on the surface of the moon.
E)appear to have formed in the interiors of molten planetesimals.

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Iron meteorites are thought to have formed from the cores of planetesimals that were large enough to generate heat from the energy of their own gravitational collapse, before they cooled and solidified. This suggests that they formed in the interiors of molten planetesimals.

The Iron Meteorites