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Scientists break down South Africa’s Nqweba Meteorite

Mail Guardian South Africa 05 Sep 2024

... the coastline,” said Gibson, who keeps a close watch on meteorite finds and falls in the country ... Only 51 meteorites have been documented in South Africa, and 22 meteorite falls have been recorded.

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Mail Guardian South Africa 05 Sep 2024

It was a meteorite that split into smaller fragments ... The meteorite fell in the Eastern Cape, sending researchers into an excited scramble to learn all they could about it. The Nqweba Meteorite is ...

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Rare meteorite fragment found in Eastern Cape provisionally named the ‘Nqweba’

Mail Guardian South Africa 04 Sep 2024

This meteorite fall in the Eastern Cape sparked a collaborative scientific investigation that involved researchers from the University of the Witwatersrand, Nelson Mandela University and Rhodes University.

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Watch as shooting star burns brightly, awes driver as it arcs across Tennessee sky

Usatoday 30 Aug 2024

on Friday ... "It lit up the sky for over 10 seconds with multiple explosions along the way," Sparks wrote. "Absolutely gorgeous!". Watch ... Watch ... "Scientists estimate that about 48.5 tons of meteoritic material falls on Earth each day," according to NASA.

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200 Martian meteorites found on Earth came from 5 craters, study finds

Interesting Engineering 28 Aug 2024

Scientists have long been puzzled over the origins of Martian meteorites found on Earth.  ... Thousands of tons of meteorite material fall to Earth daily, although the majority is too small to be noticed as dust.

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200 Martian meteorites on Earth came from just 5 craters, claim scientists

Interesting Engineering 28 Aug 2024

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“Space Junk” Turns Out To Be Car-Sized Space Rock Falling Over South Africa

IFL Science 27 Aug 2024

The last time this happened was more than 50 years ago, with one falling over Lichtenburg in 1973 ... Despite the size of the country, there are only 51 known meteorites from South Africa and only 22 known meteorite falls.

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PC World 27 Aug 2024

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'Space junk' that fell in Eastern Cape was a car-size meteorite

Phys Dot Org 26 Aug 2024

Gibson and his colleagues keep a close watch on meteorite finds and falls in the country ... Only 51 meteorites have been documented in South Africa, and only 22 meteorite falls have been recorded.

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Moon: Discovery of extinct “magma ocean” that helps explain how our natural satellite formed

The Cleveland American 22 Aug 2024

image source, Good pictures. Material information teacher, Draft Author's Title, BBC News World. 8 hours ... Evidence found ... Nature ... A team of scientists has also found evidence that A large meteorite falls 4,000 million years ago in the region ... .

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Asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago came from beyond Jupiter, study ...

The Daily Mail 21 Aug 2024

However they rarely reach Earth; less than than 5 per cent of meteorites that fall to Earth are carbonaceous chondrites ... Well over 80 percent of all asteroid fragments that hit the Earth in the form of meteorites come from the inner solar system ... .

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Mapping Martian meteorites: Tracing origins on the red planet

Phys Dot Org 19 Aug 2024

This ejected material launches into space, ends up in an orbit around the sun, and some eventually falls to our planet as meteorites ... "We think we've found the source craters for half of all 10 groups of Martian meteorites," says Herd.

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Dinosaur-killing asteroid was likely a clay-rich mudball, scientists say

CNN 16 Aug 2024

Iridium is rare within the Earth’s crust but abundant in some asteroids and meteorites ... While carbonaceous chondrites make up the majority of rocks in space, only about 5% of the meteorites that fall to Earth belong to this category.

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Scientists pinpoint dino-killing asteroid's origin: past Jupiter

Gulf News 16 Aug 2024

The conclusions are striking, because most meteorites - pieces of asteroids that fall to Earth - are S-types, Fischer-Godde pointed out ... between Mars and Jupiter and where most meteorites originate.

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Far out: Scientists find origin of dino-killing asteroid

RTE 16 Aug 2024

The conclusions are striking, because most meteorites - pieces of asteroids that fall to Earth - are S-types, Dr Fischer-Godde pointed out ... between Mars and Jupiter and where most meteorites originate.