The team found five meteorites during their recent expedition. The rocks are now headed to a museum for study.
and the University of Chicago, and her team found a total of five meteorites during their hunt in December, one of which weighs 16.7 pounds .
“Size doesn’t necessarily matter when it comes to meteorites, and even tiny micrometeorites can be incredibly scientifically valuable,” said Valdes inAdvertisement Researchers Maria Schönbächler, Maria Valdes, Ryoga Maeda, and Vinciane Debaille pose with the largest of the meteorites.out of the tens of thousands of meteorites that have been found in Antarctica, only around 100 are as large as the one her team found. To find thewalked in areas that were previously mapped and identifiedas potential landing spots for meteorites. When the team found a suspected meteorite, they used a handheld tool to test the magnetic properties of the rock.
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