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Approximately half of the meteorites found in Antarctica have been recovered by ANSMET (Antarctic Search for Meteorite program). The ANSMET program is a major source of the extraterrestrial material that is available for scientific investigation. Japanese finds make up the majority of the remainder, and China has recently begun exploration. [9]
In 2000, near Fukang, China, a Chinese dealer obtained a mass from Xinjiang Province, China, with a weight of 1,003 kilograms (2,211 lb).He removed about 20 kilograms (44 lb) from the main mass, and in February 2005, the meteorite was taken to the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, where it was seen by Dr. Dante Lauretta, a professor of Planetary Science and Cosmochemistry at the University of Arizona.
The fall of the meteorite might have been observed in 1516, but it is difficult to assess if this event is connected with the pieces that were retrieved in 1958. [ 2 ] The meteorite burst during passage through the atmosphere and the pieces were scattered in a strewn field 28 kilometres (17 mi) long and 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) wide near the city ...
A Belgian-Dutch team of scientists says it has created the first “treasure map” showing where meteorites may be found On the hunt for meteorites, researchers look to a data-based 'treasure map ...
The 2020 China bolide was observed on December 23, 2020 at 07:23:33 local time (December 22, 2020 at 23:23:33 UTC) when a bright fireball, suspected to be a meteor, was seen flying from north to south and then exploding over mostly Tibetan-inhabited areas of the People's Republic of China.
The Suizhou meteorite [2] is a stone meteorite which fell on April 15, 1986, in Dayanpo, 12.5 km to the southeast of Suizhou city, Hubei province, China.. Right after the fall of this meteorite, a group of scientists from the China University of Geosciences and the Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, conducted a field survey and collection of Suizhou meteorite samples. [2]
The Aletai meteorite, previously also known as the Armanty meteorite or Xinjiang meteorite, is one of the largest known iron meteorites, classified as a coarse octahedrite in chemical group IIIE-an. [b] In addition to many small fragments, at least five main fragments with a total mass over 74 tonnes have been recovered, the largest weighing about 28 tonnes.
The exact worth of a meteorite varies depending on the specific type of meteorite in question. An 82-pound iron meteorite originating from an asteroid recently sold for $44,100 — about $540 per ...