In the Pinball World of Asteroids, a Mudball Meteorite Avoided Collisions PRESS RELEASE DATE March 31, 2025 CONTACT Rebecca McDonald Director of Communications, SETI Institute rmcdonald@seti.org ONLINE Press Release/Image https://tinyurl.com/5n73bmkz Aguas...
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In the Pinball World of Asteroids, a Mudball Meteorite Avoided Collisions PRESS RELEASE DATE March 31, 2025 CONTACT Rebecca McDonald Director of Communications, SETI Institute rmcdonald@seti.org ONLINE Press Release/Image https://tinyurl.com/5n73bmkz Aguas Zarcas meteorite with irregular surface features. This 146g stone is on loan to the Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies from Michael Farmer. Photo: Arizona State University / SETI Institute. March 31, 2025, Mountain View, CA -- In April 2019, rare primitive meteorites fell near the town of Aguas Zarcas in northern Costa Rica. In an article published online in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, an international team of researchers describe the circumstances of the fall and show that mudball meteorites are not necessarily weak. “27 kilos of rocks were recovered, making this the largest fall of its kind since similar meteorites fell near Murchison in Australia in 1969,” said meteor astronomer Peter Jenniskens of the SETI Insti
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