36.7 kg meteorite found at Elephant Moraine by Korean Antarctic reconnaissance helicopter search team

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A Korean reconnaissance helicopter meteorite search team has apparently found a 36.7 kg meteorite with a diameter of ~30 cm at a location about 300km away from Jang Bogo Station on the Elephant Moraine (Antarctica) in December 2014.

Research results will be presented at the 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society in Berkeley in July.

Photo: KBS1

Photo: KBS1

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