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Spirit like Opportunity: a Martian "Iron Meteorite" is found... (2) - Sol 809
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Caption originale:"Rocks in the vicinity of Spirit's Winter Station are being assigned informal names honoring Antarctic research stations.
Zhong Shan is an Antarctic base established by China in 1989.
Allan Hills is a site where meteorites are frequently collected because they are relatively easy to see as dark rocks on the bright Antarctic ice. The most famous Allan Hills meteorite from Antarctica actually came from Mars and landed on Earth. If the Zhong Chang and Allan Hills rocks seen by Spirit do turn out to be iron-rich meteorites, they may have originated from an asteroid and landed on Mars.
This view is an approximately true-color rendering that combines images taken through the panoramic camera's 753-, 535- and 432-nanometer filters".
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