New Space Rock Is Rare Type of Meteorite (6 of 10) (IMAGE)

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New Space Rock Is Rare Type of Meteorite (6 of 10)

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Robert Beauford (left), from the University of Arkansas, and meteorite dealer and collector, Steve Arnold (right), discuss one of a series of privately owned samples loaned for research. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the Dec. 21, 2012, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Peter Jenniskens at SETI Institute in Mountain View, Calif., and colleagues was titled, "Radar-Enabled Recovery of the Sutter's Mill Meteorite, a Carbonaceous Chondrite Regolith Breccia."

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