Meteorite (ALH) 84001

👉Meteorite named Alan Hills (ALH) 84001 was found in December, 1984 in the Far Western Icefield of Allan Hills in Antarctica by a US meteorite hunting expedition.

👉At the time of its discovery it was recognised as the most unusual rock collected.

👉In 2021, NASA’s Perseverance rover collected the first sample of Martian rock.

👉It can be said with certainty that the meteorite did come from the Red planet because of the presence of traces of certain gases that are just like the Martian atmosphere.

👉Scientists are interested in studying meteorites as examining them offers clues about the beginning of the solar system and maybe even the Earth.

👉Space agencies have launched specific missions to asteroids to be able to study them.

👉One such example is NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission launched in 2018 with the aim of reaching asteroid Bennu and getting back a sample from the ancient asteroid.

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