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Curiosity: Ames Knob, nickel-iron meteorite

Posted on January 17, 2017 by rburnham

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

Posted on November 2, 2016 by rburnham

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 update: Wonderland of interesting targets

Posted on October 31, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1504-6, October 28, 2016, update by USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: It’s Friday, so that means we have another busy weekend plan! Our 37 meter drive yesterday brought us to a very interesting location with lots of targets to choose … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Egg Rock, a small meteorite

Posted on October 31, 2016 by rburnham

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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