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More likely the roof than your basement, though in the latter case, you'd likely not need me to tell you ... A prime meteorite and meteoric-dust hunting ground
by dredmorbius 2y ago
More likely the roof than your basement, though in the latter case, you'd likely not need me to tell you ...
A prime meteorite and meteoric-dust hunting ground is Antarctica. With an ice cap that's kilometres thick, odds are high that all rocks, and much dust, found on the surface of the snow are meteoric in origin.
2018 story on that: "Hot on the trail of Antarctic meteorites" <https://www.snexplores.org/article/hot-trail-antarctic-meteorites https://www.snexplores.org/article/hot-trail-antarctic-meteo...>
And yes, there's a global warming angle on this as well: "Thousands of hidden meteorites could be lost forever as they sink in Antarctic ice, taking their cosmic secrets with them" <https://www.livescience.com/space/meteoroids/thousands-of-hidden-meteorites-could-be-lost-forever-as-they-sink-in-antarctic-ice-taking-their-cosmic-secrets-with-them https://www.livescience.com/space/meteoroids/thousands-of-hi...> (2024)