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The Murchison meteorite is a meteorite that fell in Australia in 1969 near Murchison, Victoria. It belongs to the carbonaceous chondrite class, a group of meteorites rich in organic compounds. Due to its mass (over 100 kg or 220 lb) and the fact that it was an observed fall, the Murchison meteorite is one of the most studied of all meteorites. [2]
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The Murchison meteorite is on display at the Smithsonian's NMNH. The Murchison meteorite has been thoroughly studied; it fell in Australia close to the town that bears its name on 28 September 1969. It is a CM2 and it contains common amino acids such as glycine , alanine and glutamic acid as well as other less common ones such as isovaline and ...
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Some types of meteorite are older than the Earth, having formed in the early Solar System, before the planet formation process was completed. The meteorite Northwest Africa 11119 (NWA 11119) has been dated to 4.5648 ± 0.0003 billion years. [20] Some solid inclusions within meteorites are older than the surrounding rock.