Nakhlites are a group of Martian meteorites, named after the first one, Nakhla meteorite. Nakhlites are igneous rocks that are rich in augite and were...
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Martian meteorite (section Nakhlites)
Gem Museum. There are three groups of Martian meteorite: shergottites, nakhlites and chassignites, collectively known as SNC meteorites. Several other...
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Martian Nakhlite meteorite Miller Range (MIL) 03346 recorded a paleofield of only ~5 μT. However, given the possible source locations of the Nakhlite meteorite...
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one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, and the prototype for Nakhlite type of meteorites. The Nakhla meteorite fell to Earth on June 28, 1911...
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hunters from the ANSMET project. Like other members of the shergottite–nakhlite–chassignite (SNC) group of meteorites, ALH84001 is thought to have originated...
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Kentucky 23244 Lafayette, a main-belt minor planet Lafayette meteorite, a nakhlite Martian meteorite Lafayette transmitter, a former transmitter for transatlantic...
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Elysium Mons (section Possible source of nakhlites)
northwest of Elysium Mons has been identified as a possible source for the nakhlite meteorites, a family of similar basaltic Martian meteorites with cosmogenic...
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ejection into space. It has been shown that another class of meteorites, the nakhlites, were suffused with liquid water around 620 million years ago and that...
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Program. Micrometeorite – microscopic meteorites derived from Cosmic dust. Nakhlite – a group of Martian meteorites Neumann lines (or Neumann bands) – a pattern...
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Mars comes from meteorites that have landed on Earth (the Shergottites, Nakhlites, and Chassignites, collectively known as SNC meteorites).: 124 Abundances...
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main groups, with two exceptions (see last two entries): Shergottites Nakhlites Chassignites OPX martian meteorites (ALH 84001) Regolith/Soil samples...
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south of the equator. Olivine has also been found in the SNC (shergottite, nakhlite, and chassigny) meteorites that are generally accepted to have come from...
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team and ANSMET. Like other members of the group of SNCs (shergottite, nakhlite, chassignite), ALH-77005 is thought to be from Mars. On discovery, the...
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Hungary Veszprém IA No Nakhla 28 June 1911 Egypt Al Buhayrah Martian (nakhlite) No Nakhon Pathom 21 December 1923 Thailand Nakhon Pathom L6 No Nammianthal...
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Martian meteorite group (sometimes called "SNC meteorites") Shergottites Nakhlites Chassignites Other Martian meteorites, e.g., ALH84001 Stony-iron meteorites...
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Martian meteorite is an igneous rock classified as an achondrite type of the nakhlite group. Allan Hills 84001 Astrobiology Glossary of meteoritics Life on Mars...
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Mare basalts List Martian Basaltic Breccia NWA 7034 Chassignites Kaidun Nakhlites Orthopyroxenite ALH84001 Shergottites Martian meteorites list Meteorites...
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way to Earth. Martian meteorites (often called SNC's, for Shergottites, Nakhlites, and Chassignites—the groups of meteorites first shown to have a martian...
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of newly discovered Martian meteorite MIL03346, only the seventh known Nakhlite. In early 2008, Corrigan was hired to classify meteorites and curate the...
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XMM-Newton orbiting observatory. In 1983, the analysis of the shergottite, nakhlite, and chassignite (SNC) group of meteorites showed that they may have originated...
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discovery of clay minerals, serpentine, and carbonate in the veins of a Nakhlite martian meteorite. The Phoenix lander, whose rocket engine blast actually...
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Mare basalts List Martian Basaltic Breccia NWA 7034 Chassignites Kaidun Nakhlites Orthopyroxenite ALH84001 Shergottites Martian meteorites list Meteorites...
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Mare basalts List Martian Basaltic Breccia NWA 7034 Chassignites Kaidun Nakhlites Orthopyroxenite ALH84001 Shergottites Martian meteorites list Meteorites...
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does not fall in any of the known Martian meteorite groups (shergottite, nakhlite, chassignite and ALH 84001). NWA 7034 was classified as an ungrouped planetary...
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to determine the closure temperatures of Fe-Mg ordering in augite from nakhlites". Meteoritics & Planetary Science. 50 (3): 499–507. Bibcode:2015M&PS....
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surface. One crater in the Amenthes quadrangle is believed to be a source of nakhlite meteorites. A team of researchers found that these particular meteorites...
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collectors," referring to the SNC classification of meteorites (Shergottites, Nakhlites, Chassignites), of which Martian meteorites belong. "Meteoritical Bulletin:...
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south of the equator. Olivine has been found in the SNC (shergottite, nakhlite, and chassigny) meteorites that are generally accepted to have come from...
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Spivak-Birndorf, L., M. Wadhwa, and L. B. Williams. 2008. Boron isotopes in the nakhlites: Implications for crustal fluids on Mars, Paper Presented at Goldschmidt...
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being part of the "SNC" group of rocks. This stands for shergottites, nakhlites, and chassignites. These meteorites are distinguished by their shared...
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