[meteorite-list] An asteroid exploded above Antarctica 430, 000 years ago

Paul etchplain at att.net
Thu Apr 1 22:26:09 EDT 2021


A meteorite exploded in the air above Antarctica 430,000 years ago
By Katie Hunt, CNN, March 31, 2021
https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/31/world/meteorite-explosion-antarctica-scn/index.html

Major Meteoritic Event Occurred over Antarctica 430,000 Years Ago
Researchers have found meteoritic spherules on top of Walnumfjellet
in the Sør Rondane Mountains, Antarctica. News Staff, Sci News, April 1, 
2021
http://www.sci-news.com/space/walnumfjellet-meteoritic-event-09511.html

Fiery 'airburst' of superheated gas slammed into Antarctica 430,000
years ago. Nicoletta Lanese, Live Science, March 31, 2021
https://www.livescience.com/meteorite-explosion-antarctica.html

The paper is:

Van Ginneken, M., Goderis, S., Artemieva, n., et al., 2021, A large
meteoritic event over Antarctica ca. 430 ka ago inferred from
chondritic spherules from the Sør Rondane Mountains. Science
Advances. Vol. 7, no. 14, eabc1008, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abc1008
https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/7/14/eabc1008

Yours,

Paul H.




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