Rocks from Mars
On January 18th, 2012 there was a metiorite that landed in the Moraccon Dessert and was found by Maroccon villagers of Tissint. Soon after it was found scientists samples of the rock and found that it was rock from Mars. Scientists believe that a giant object not so long ago hit Mars and sent pieces of Mars rock flying out into space. They say that the other pieces of rock might have hit Earth and have not been found or they are floating in space still today. It was a very good find because the rock only landed a few months ago and because it isnt windy or doesn’t rain in the dessert the rock was pretty well reserved. Professor Christopher Herd says, “Its really fresh. Its really glassy looking because its only been on the ground for a few months in a nice dry enviroment.”
I thought that this article was interesting because it’s a very strange thing that doesn’t happen that often. And because the article was so recent I thought it was a good thing to talk about. I think that this find is important for scientists today because meteroites that don’t burn up in the Earths atmosphere and actually hit the Earth don’t happen very often. Or when they do they are found a long while after they hit. And its even better that it’s a rock from Mars. We can learn more about Mars’s rocks and about meteroites.
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this is awesome. i wonder what exactly we intend to do with it? how cool would it be to have a statue or jewelry made out of a bit of mars rock?
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