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Online meteorite K-12 resources

Posted on April 7, 2020 by Center for Meteorite Studies

meteorite ID At home with the kids? Check out our online resources for K-12 at-home learning, and find out why space rocks!

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Puente-Ladron is an ordinary (L6) chondrite found in Socorro County, New Mexico by Harvey H. Nininger. On May 17, 1944, H.H. Nininger stopped for a bit of lunch on a lonely stretch of New Mexico highway and, as was his habit, scanned the area around him for meteorites while eating. “I started on, but turned [...]

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Truly fascinating. I zoomed in with my Mastcam-Z camera on a Phobos solar eclipse. This detailed video can help scientists on my team better understand the Martian moon’s orbit and how its gravity affects the interior of Mars, including its crust & mantle. http://go.nasa.gov/3OqRl73

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Extraterrestrial Materials Analysis Group @ExMAG_community·

Our Spring meeting starts tomorrow. It’s not too late to register (and it’s free)! https://twitter.com/ExMAG_community/status/1508515698342957057

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Dr. Francis M. McCubbin @EvilProfApatite·

Fun fact: Human beings have found and identified over a metric ton of material from the Moon (~886 kg) and Mars (~260 kg) on the surface of the Earth as meteorites!

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Extraterrestrial Materials Analysis Group @ExMAG_community·

Fascinated by extraterrestrial materials curation and analysis? Us too!

The preliminary agenda is available and registration is open for ExMAG’s Spring 2022 meeting:

https://www.lpi.usra.edu/exmag/meetings/exmagspring2022/

Spread the word and we’ll see you there!

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Online meteorite K-12 resources

At home with the kids? Check out our online resources for K-12 at-home learning, and find out why space rocks!

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