Various meteorites from 2008 TC3. Credit: P. Jenniskens, et. al. Click image for full description
Written by Nancy Atkinson
Macroscopic features of the Almahata Sitta meteorite.
a, Evidence of clasts in meteorite no. 7 (1 cm diameter) in a fresh fracture
surface induced by pressure in the laboratory. b, Meteorite no. 15 (4 cm
diameter), in situ, shows rounded shape of ablated surface. c, Meteorite no. 4
(14 g), placed on aluminium foil, shows the dark interior of a surface
fractured upon impact. d, Meteorite no. 14 (237 cm), in situ, shows
millimetre-sized grains in a weathered surface that was broken before
impact. e, Back side of perfectly oriented meteorite no. 5 (10.9 g), with a front
shell exhibiting thick radially flowing crust and a thinly crusted aft-shell.
f, The very homogeneous course-grained broken surface of large meteorite
no. 16 (10 cm diameter).
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