The Meteorite Hills (79°40′S 155°36′E / 79.667°S 155.600°E / -79.667; 155.600 (Meteorite Hills)) are a group of hills, 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi)...
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Allan Hills 84001 (ALH84001) is a fragment of a Martian meteorite that was found in the Allan Hills in Antarctica on December 27, 1984, by a team of American...
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ANSMET program, found a meteorite that he recognized to be unusual. Shortly thereafter, the meteorite now called Allan Hills 81005 was sent to Washington...
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as a meteorite. As of September 2020[update], 277 meteorites had been classified as Martian, less than half a percent of the 72,000 meteorites that have...
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A meteorite is a rock that originated in outer space and has fallen to the surface of a planet or moon. When the original object enters the atmosphere...
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In meteoritics, a meteorite classification system attempts to group similar meteorites and allows scientists to communicate with a standardized terminology...
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Fukang meteorite is a meteorite that was found in the mountains near Fukang, China in 2000. It is a pallasite—a type of stony–iron meteorite with olivine...
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differentiated meteorite (meaning without chondrules). Aerolite – an old term for stony meteorites. ALH – an abbreviation used for meteorites from Allan Hills. Allan...
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moon. Meteorite may also refer to: Meteorite Hills, a group of hills, forming the western portion of the Darwin Mountains in Antarctica Meteorite Island...
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Nakhla is a Martian meteorite which fell in Egypt in 1911. It was the first meteorite reported from Egypt, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes...
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