Rare 17-pound meteorite discovered in Antarctica - CNN
2023年1月24日 · During a recent excursion to the icy plains of Antarctica, an international team of researchers discovered five new meteorites — including one of the largest ever found on the …
Finding Meteorite Hotspots in Antarctica - NASA Earth …
2022年3月8日 · Nearly all meteorites are found on blue ice, which lacks snow cover and allows meteorites to be exposed at the surface. Veronica Tollenaar, a glaciologist at the Université …
Researchers Find Rare 17-Pound Meteorite in Antarctic Ice
2023年1月24日 · Their largest find is among the heaviest meteorites ever found on the continent and could provide a glimpse into our solar system’s history.
Thousands of Meteorites in Antarctica Are Destined to Be Lost …
2024年4月13日 · There, amid the pristine whiteness of the ice and snow, scientists have retrieved more than 48,000 meteorites that have fallen to Earth over perhaps millions of years. But the …
17-pound meteorite found in Antarctica, likely hidden for …
2023年2月2日 · On a recent expedition to Antarctica, researchers discovered five perfectly-preserved meteorites that have likely been hiding beneath the ice for thousands of years.
Allan Hills 84001 - Wikipedia
Allan Hills 84001 (ALH84001 [1]) 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 meteorite hunters from the …
Scientists find 17-pound meteorite in Antarctica - NPR
2023年1月23日 · We had found four meteorites, about 150 grams or less up until that point. And we were about to go home, pack up our tents and drive the snowmobiles back to base. It was …
Unexplored Antarctic meteorite collection sites revealed through ...
2022年1月26日 · Antarctica is the most productive region for recovering meteorites, where these extraterrestrial rocks concentrate at meteorite stranding zones. To date, meteorite-bearing …
Finding Meteorite Hotspots in Antarctica - SpaceNews
2022年3月13日 · Since the discovery of the Adelie Land meteorite in 1912, scientists have plucked more than 45,000 meteorites from the ice in Antarctica. Each of these “space rocks” …
17-pound meteorite found in Antarctica - Popular Science
2023年1月20日 · The 17-pound meteorite. CREDIT: Courtesy of Maria Valdes. By comparison, the largest meteorite ever found on Earth is named Hoba. The space rock weighs 60 tons and …