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Meteor May Be From Martian Moon Phobos

Posted by timothy on from the thinks-it's-better-than-other-asteroids dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Russian and NASA scientists published in the March journal of Solar System Research, the proposition that a 1980 Yemenite meteorite originated from the martian moon, Phobos. It would be the first moon rock from another planet. New Scientist has a short description and Astrobiology Magazine has the picture. Unique among the 20,000 meteorites collected, this is similar to heat-shocked charcoal and shows several mineral phases not found terrestrially."

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  1. Re:Eh? by ColaMan · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Sounds like what he meant to say was that it would be the first rock from another planet's moon.

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