
Martian Meteorites and Greek Columns with the AO Places Team
The Atlas Obscura Podcast
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A d t was named the best home security system of 20 20 by us. With a d t, you get 24 seven peace of mind from the creators of the home security category. A geologist who spent decades leading a big research project in antartica called it a meteorite heaven. The crown jewel of allan hills is this small, potato shaped rock that was found there in 19 84. Its official name is a l h eight four zero zero one. And it is the oldest martian meteorite that we know of on earth. Scientists think that it formed like, four billion years ago, maybe in a martian volcano,. It made its way to earth about 13 thousand years
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