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The small rock that turned out to be part of an ancient meteorite was 4.6 billion years old.
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Nationalgeographic.co.id-A stone A small one found lying in a field in Gloucestershire in England may not be of interest to those passing through the area. However stone that small amount could actually contain important information regarding the formation Solar system and the origin of life itself.
Stone this is important because it did not form here on Earth, but originated somewhere beyond the orbit of Mars. Thrown away by gravitational interactions or collisions between asteroids, the rock fragments fall across the vastness outer space and ended up punching our atmosphere and then landing on Earth as meteorit.
Stone later known as meteorit This winchcombe may not be meteorit ordinary. Scientists are now conducting analyzes to determine its composition, in the hope of learning more about where it came from stone that and how it is formed.
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