Shelter Island meteorite | |
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Type | Iron |
Parent body | Unknown |
Composition | Kamacite, taenite[1] |
Weathering grade | Large-scale, cavernous weathering[1] |
Country | Mars |
Region | Meridiani Planum |
Coordinates | 02°07′04″S 05°31′41.30″W / 2.11778°S 5.5281389°W / -2.11778; -5.5281389[2] |
Observed fall | No |
Fall date | Possibly late Noachian |
Found date | December 1, 2009 |
Strewn field | Possibly[3] |
Shelter Island meteorite - close-up (October 1, 2009). | |
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Shelter Island meteorite was found on Mars by the Opportunity rover on October 1, 2009. It is about 27 centimetres (11 in) long.[4]
Shelter Island was the second of three iron meteorites encountered by the rover on Meridiani Planum within a few hundred meters, the others being Block Island and Mackinac Island.[1]
Shelter Island may have fallen on Mars in the late Noachian period and is extensively weathered.[1][3]
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