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The dark, smooth-surfaced rock at the center of this Oct. 30, 2016, image from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover was examined with laser pulses and confirmed to be an iron-nickel meteorite. It is about the size of a golf ball.
Source: https://mars.nasa.gov/news/curiosity-mars-rover-checks-odd-looking-iron-meteorite/
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
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| current | 09:41, 29 December 2018 | | 1,344 × 1,200 (1.24 MB) | Suitupandshowup (talk | contribs) | The dark, smooth-surfaced rock at the center of this Oct. 30, 2016, image from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover was examined with laser pulses and confirmed to be an iron-nickel meteorite. It is about the size of a golf ball.... |
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