Blog Post #2

This is an image of of one of the a chondrite
 meteorites found in the icy
 Graves Nunatak region in Antarctica.

From reading the article "Half-baked Asteroids Have Earth-like Crust" I have learned that scientists have recently discovered two meteorites. These are not just any meteorites, but a hunk of rock that could change the way we look at meteorites and how they were formed in early space. These "light colored" meteorites, composed of ancient fragments from asteroids, are rich in felspar and are called "andesite rocks." They were found during the Antarctic Search for Meteorites in an icy region of Antarctica. The leader of the study, James Day of the University of Maryland, has commented that these meteorites are unusual with a structure similar to our ground on Earth. This has led to scientists ruling out the previous hypothesis that these were fragments of a planet or the Moon. Extensive studies have pointed the researchers to the meteorites' age, 4.5 billion years, ultimately coming to the conclusion that these new meteorite samples could help us gain a clearer understanding of how the crusts of the planets in the solar system were first formed. 



-Sophie Doukas

This is the Link for the Science Daily Website where this article was found.