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Tag Archives: nickel-iron meteorites
Curiosity: Looking at Lumphanan
Sol 2376, April 13, 2019. Curiosity’s Remote Micro-Imager took a look at the target that mission scientists have dubbed Lumphanan, tagged as a possible meteorite. Click the image to enlarge it. Sol 2376 raw images (from all cameras).
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Curiosity: Ames Knob, nickel-iron meteorite
Sol 1577, January 12, 2017. The rover’s Mastcam (100mm lens) imaged what appears to be a small nickel-iron meteorite, dubbed Ames Knob. It is similar in appearance and chemical makeup to Egg Rock, found last fall. (Click image to enlarge … Continue reading
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More on the Egg Rock meteorite
Laser-zapping of a globular, golf-ball-size object on Mars by NASA’s Curiosity rover confirms that it is an iron-nickel meteorite fallen from the Red Planet’s sky. Iron-nickel meteorites are a common class of space rocks found on Earth, and previous examples … Continue reading
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Curiosity: Egg Rock, a small meteorite
Sol 1505, October 30, 2016. The ChemCam’s Remote Micro-Imager (RMI) nabbed a two-frame portrait of Egg Rock, a small meteorite, probably nickel-iron. The white dots are laser-zap points. Below: where the meteorite was found (arrow), in a Mastcam frame on … Continue reading
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Curiosity’s iron meteorite find
This rock encountered by NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover [on Sol 640, May 25, 2014] is an iron meteorite called “Lebanon,” similar in shape and luster to iron meteorites found on Mars by the previous generation of rovers, Spirit and Opportunity. … Continue reading
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Curiosity: Sol 640, May 25, 2014
Nickel-iron meteorites, as seen using Mastcam’s wide-angle (34mm) mode (top) and in closeup (100mm mode). NASA description: This image was taken by Mastcam: Left (MAST_LEFT) onboard NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 640 (2014-05-25 16:24:15 UTC). NASA description: This … Continue reading
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