Science, Maths & Technology
Winchcombe Meteorite: Insights from the First Scientist on the Scene
...System fingerprinting’ to help inform scientists about where meteorites originated in space. These analyses have shown that the Winchcombe rocks are a member of an important group of meteorites known as carbonaceous chondrites. These are very primitive materials and very old, containing objects known as calcium aluminium-rich inclusions that are used to date the...