Opportunity continues to study the first meteor discovered on another planet. NASA released a color image of the metallic body sitting in martian sands. The pitted meteorite is composed of iron and nickel, just like metallic meteorites that land on the Earth. Yet to be determined is how rare the object is, whether or not the rate of meteor falls on Mars is different from the Earth, the history of impact and erosion on the meteorite, and how long the meteorite might have been sitting there, waiting for Opportunity to stumble across it.
Mars Meteorite in Color
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