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- Hacker News
- Scene one of a Steven Spielberg movie.by andrewstuart
- its like we can explore the universe from our living room
- > Researchers found preserved bits from near the surface of the original asteroid where it experienced concentrated salty fluids
Are we sure the guy who picked it up didn't just wash it with some sort of detergent after it cooled off?
by ur-whale - How did the Alien World Chemistry get from the New Jersey Home into the Meteorite.by protocolture
- Did someone pay him for the rare meteorite? At least enough to fix the roof?
Who should one contact if this happens?
by jimnotgym - "Our cameras in Northford, Connecticut, and Douglassville, Pennsylvania, as well as a doorbell camera in Wayne, New Jersey, captured the meteor, and from that we measured its trajectory... The path traced back to low in the asteroid belt."
I don't doubt it, but that's an astounding trajectory estimation...
by fractallyte - Source paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aea2105by xnx
- The real jackpot here is how this large chunk happened to impact a home belonging to an astute and prepared individual:
I can think of many diverse reactions to a meteor strike, but even NASA is singing the praises of this guy and his quick thinking.He then immediately preserved and documented the entire scene using disposable gloves and aluminum foil to place the meteorite fragments in glass jars.