The composition of that water is very similar to that of Earth.
The discovery was expounded by Dr. Ashley King at The British Science Festival — Europe’s longest-standing science Festival, which travels to a different place in the United Kingdom each year.Dr. Ashley King, a researcher in the planetary materials group at the Natural History Museum, stated that water made up 12 percent of the sample and that as the least contaminated specimen collected, it provides a wealth of information.
"We always try and match the composition of the water meteorites and other extra-terrestrial materials to the composition of the water on the Earth," said Dr. King. “One of the big questions we have in planetary sciences is where did the water on Earth come from? And one of the obvious places is either through comets that have loads and loads of ice in them or asteroids," also explained Dr. King.On February 28, 2021, the Winchcombe meteorite was seen entering the Earth's atmosphere above Gloucestershire, England.
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