Five new meteorites have been found by an international team of researchers, including an enormous 7.6 kilogram meteorite from Antarctica.
Only a hundred or so of the approximately 45,000 meteorites that have been removed from Antarctica over the past century, according to the researchers, who also include those from the Field Museum in Chicago and the University of Chicago, are larger.
The experts claim that one of the finest sites to look for meteorites in Antarctica. The meteorites’ degree of weathering is limited by the area’s arid climate. The scenery is also perfect, with the black space rocks standing out sharply against the white meadows.
But it’s hard to know where to search because of the size of the ice field. This is where a recent advancement in mapping technology is useful. The first team to employ it was this one.
The Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences will examine the five meteorites.
The scientists predicted that research on meteorites will eventually improve our understanding of the cosmos as a whole.
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