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1915 O. C. Farrington Meteorites i. 5 The science of meteoritics obviously looks to many other sciences for its data and growth.

1934 Sci. Monthly 38 p. vii The Society for Research on Meteorites, of which the purpose is to promote the discovery, collection, investigation, and preservation of meteorites, and to advance the science of meteoritics.

1952 Jrnl. Brit. Interplanetary Soc. 11 243 The astronomer in particular is interested in the composition of meteorites as chemical samples of the universe... The techniques of investigation are, however, not astrophysical but rather mineralogical and metallurgical, and it is hoped that the coining of the new term ‘meteoritics’ for the subject..may signify an increased co-operation between astronomers and the laboratory investigators.

1960 I. Vidziunas tr. E. L. Krinov Princ. Meteoritics i. 29 One of the most important areas of meteoritics is the study of the motion of meteoric bodies in the Earth's atmosphere and the observation of bolides.

1975 Sci. Amer. Jan. 29/1 In recent years the discipline of meteoritics has moved beyond the taxonomic stage, and sound geochemical and physical reasoning has been applied in interpreting the masses of data.

1993 A. C. Clarke Hammer of God 23 The minor science of meteoritics suddenly became front-page news.