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Published online 10 May 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060508-7
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Meteorite survivor unearthed
Scientists haul up a hefty chunk of ancient asteroid.
A soccer-ball-sized chunk of a several-kilometre-wide asteroid has been found deep inside an ancient crater in South Africa. Finding such a large piece of a huge impactor is extremely rare, since these speeding giants are usually almost completely destroyed when they crash into the Earth.
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