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    A Martian meteorite is a rock that formed on Mars, was ejected from the planet by an impact event, and traversed interplanetary space before landing on...
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    shergottite–nakhlite–chassignite (SNC) group of meteorites, ALH84001 is thought to have originated on Mars. However, it does not fit into any of the previously...
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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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    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 on Mars, and...
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  • largest meteorite from Mars found on Earth. Studies suggest the Martian meteorite was formed about 1.3 billion years ago from a lava flow on Mars. An impact...
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    Mars Rover’s Basketball-Shaped Discovery Stirs Controversy Rover finds meteorite on Mars Heat Shield Rock is a basketball-sized iron-nickel meteorite...
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    August 2023[update], 356 meteorites had been identified as Martian, out of over 79,000 known meteorites. These meteorites are believed to be from Mars because their...
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    Iddingsite from the Lafayette meteorite: Evidence for Liquid water on Mars in the last few hundred million years". Meteoritics and Planetary Science. 35 (1):...
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    meteorite found on Earth. Although it is from Mars it does not fit into any of the three SNC meteorite categories, and forms a new Martian meteorite group...
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  • crater, Mars. 40th LPSC. #1766. "Odyssey Finds Water Ice in Abundance Under Mars' Surface". NASA. May 28, 2002. "Rare Meteorites Reveal Mars Collision...
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