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Earth-Bound Meteorites Born From Stony Asteroids (1 of 8)

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Earth-Bound Meteorites Born From Stony Asteroids (1 of 8)

image: The Hayabusa capsule landed at Woomera in South Australia. This image relates to an article that appeared in the Aug. 26, 2011, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Tomoki Nakamura of Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan, and colleagues was titled, "Itokawa Dust Particles: A Direct Link Between S-Type Asteroids and Ordinary Chondrites." view more 

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