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  2. Chicxulub crater - Wikipedia

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    In 1998, a meteorite, approximately 2.5 millimeters (1 ⁄ 8 in) across, was described from a deep sea sediment core from the North Pacific, from a sediment sequence spanning the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary (when the site was located in the central Pacific), with the meteorite being found at the base of the K-Pg boundary iridium anomaly ...

  3. Ann Elizabeth Fowler Hodges - Wikipedia

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    By the time the meteorite was returned to Ann following the legal battle with Mrs. Guy, they could not find a buyer, since the excitement of the event had dwindled. In 1956, Mrs. Hodges decided to sell the meteorite to the Alabama Museum of Natural History, [10] [3] against her husband's wishes, and as he recalled, for about $25. [9]

  4. Without Warning (1994 film) - Wikipedia

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    Without Warning (also known as July 13th [1]) is an American television film directed by Robert Iscove. [2] It follows a duo of real-life reporters covering breaking news about three meteor fragments crashing into the Northern Hemisphere.

  5. Sikhote-Alin meteorite - Wikipedia

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    The Sikhote-Alin meteorite is classified as an iron meteorite belonging to the meteorite group IIAB and with a coarse octahedrite structure. It is composed of approximately 93% iron , 5.9% nickel , 0.42% cobalt , 0.46% phosphorus , and 0.28% sulfur , with trace amounts of germanium and iridium .

  6. Sylacauga (meteorite) - Wikipedia

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    A slice of the meteorite, the National Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian, DC. The day after the fall, local farmer Julius McKinney came upon the second-largest fragment from the same meteorite. [10] An Indianapolis-based lawyer bought it for the Smithsonian Institution. [10] The McKinney family was able to use the money to buy a car ...

  7. Giant meteorite that hit Earth 3 billion years ago may have ...

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    Harvard researchers found that when a meteorite nicknamed S2 paid a visit to our planet 3 billion years ago, it may have helped life flourish.

  8. Ancient meteorite was 'giant fertilizer bomb' for life on Earth

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    The space rock that slammed into Earth 66 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period caused a global calamity that doomed the dinosaurs and many other life forms.

  9. Startling find in meteorite that fell in UK - AOL

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    He added that, because of how quickly the 0.5kg (1lb) meteorite was retrieved – within about 12 hours – it was not contaminated by water and materials on Earth.