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Meteorite which landed in Sahara ‘could be from lost planet in solar system’ – Yahoo New Zealand News
Researchers believe the rock may have been part of the crust of a protoplanet which went on to form one of the larger planets, or to be smashed to dust.
Watch: UK scientists recover pieces of rare meteorite that fell from fireball
A meteorite which landed in the Sahara last year may have been a rock from a protoplanet in the earliest days of our solar system.
Researchers believe that the rock may have been part of the crust of a protoplanet which went on either to form one of the larger planets, or to be smashed to dust.
The meteorite Erg Chech 002 is unlike any other known meteorite, experts have said.
It was once molten, solidifying around 4.6…
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