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To: KevinDavis

In this image released Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2005, by NASA (news - web sites) taken by the Mars rover Opportunity, a basketball-size metal meteorite can be seen in the upper right of the image while part of the rover's heatshield is seen to the upper left. Opportunity came upon the meteorite last week while it was taking a look at a spacecraft shell that was jettisoned before landing after protecting the rover during its plunge through the Martian atmosphere. Tests performed during the weekend confirm it is a nickel-iron meteorite, said Steve Squyres, a Cornell University scientist who is the principal investigator for NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers mission. (AP Photo/HO, NASA)
2 posted on 01/18/2005 6:27:03 PM PST by BenLurkin (Big government is still a big problem.)
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To: BenLurkin

Thanks for the ping!

That's a remarkable find. I wonder if the meteorite itself was actually a piece that fragmented and was ejected from another, larger impact point. It doesn't appear to have had much force in arriving at it's final resting place, judging by the way it sits right on the surface like that.


12 posted on 01/18/2005 11:49:05 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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