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Martian Meteorite Gets NASA Mars Rover's Attention

Posted by samzenpus on from the would-you-look-at-that dept.

coondoggie writes "NASA's Mars rover Opportunity will take a small detour on its current journey to check out what could be a toaster-sized iron-based meteorite that crashed into the Red Planet. NASA scientists called the rock 'Oileán Ruaidh,' which is the Gaelic name for an island off the coast of northwestern Ireland. The rock is about 45 centimeters (18 inches) wide from the angle at which it was first seen on September 16."

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  1. Re:Oileán Ruaidh by benwiggy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oileán Ruaidh translates to red island.

    "Oileán Ruaidh" is pronounced "red island". FTFY.

  2. Typical by The_mad_linguist · · Score: 4, Funny

    Typical, just typical. We spend all this time and money going to an exotic location to see the sights, but once we're there you want to spend all this time looking through the imported kitsch.