Tissint meteorite - Wikipedia
Tissint is the fifth Martian meteorite that people have witnessed falling to Earth, and the first since 1962. [1] Pieces of the meteorite are on display at several museums, including the Museum of Natural History of Vienna and the Natural History Museum in London.
Tissint - Wikipedia
Tissint (Berber languages: ⵜⵉⵙⵉⵏⵜ, Arabic: تيسينت, also known as Agadir Tissinnt, Agadir Tissint, or Tissinnt) is a small town near Tata, Morocco in Tata Province in the Souss-Massa region of Morocco. [1] It has a population of 9,927 as of 2004. [2] …
Tissint Martian Meteorite: A Fresh Look at the Interior, Surface, …
2012年10月11日 · Tissint (Morocco) is the fifth martian meteorite collected after it was witnessed falling to Earth. Our integrated mineralogical, petrological, and geochemical study shows that it is a depleted picritic shergottite similar to EETA79001A.
The Tissint Martian meteorite as evidence for the largest impact ...
2013年1月29日 · Tissint—a recent Martian meteorite—contains an unusual number of large high-pressure minerals, suggesting excavation from an impact of larger magnitude than for previous Martian samples.
Intriguing Meteorite From Mars Reveals 'Huge Organic Diversity ...
2023年1月30日 · Tissint draws some parallels with one of the most famous meteorites of Martian origin found on Earth, ALH 84001, which was the subject of much scrutiny in the late 1990s when it was initially believed to contain microfossils, findings that since been rendered inconclusive.
How a Martian Meteorite Rocked the World | Live Science
2012年10月12日 · A fireball in the sky above the remote Moroccan desert signaled the arrival of the Tissint. Months later the meteorites were discovered, and have spread around the Earth. Here's how it happened.
Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Tissint - Lunar and Planetary ...
2025年1月13日 · Tissint 29°28.917’N, 7°36.674’W. Tata, Morocco. Fell: 18 July 2011. Classification: Martian meteorite (Shergottite) History: (H. Chennaoui Aoudjehane, FSAC, and A. Aaronson) At about 2 am local time on July 18, 2011, a bright fireball was observed by several people in the region of the Oued Drâa valley, east of Tata, Morocco. One ...
Complex carbonaceous matter in Tissint martian meteorites
2023年1月11日 · The Tissint meteorite is the most recent martian meteorite observed fall (18 July 2011 near the city of Tissint in Morocco) and comprises an olivine-phyritic shergottite of highly composite nature, with similarities to Antarctic meteorite EETA 79001 and with a crystallization age of 665 ± 74 million years (Ma), a preatmospheric radius of 22 ± ...
Tissint Martian Meteorite - Meteorite Times Magazine
Tissint is the fifth witnessed Martian meteorite fall. It is a Shergottite. Many pieces totaling over 7 kg fell east of Tata, Morocco about 2 AM, July 18, 2011. The stones have a shiny black fusion crust which is glossier over olivine macrocrysts.
Tissint (Morocco) is the fifth martian meteorite collected after it was witnessed falling to Earth. Our integrated mineralogical, petrological, and geochemical study shows that it is a depleted picritic shergottite similar to EETA79001A. Highly magnesian olivine and abundant glass containing martian atmosphere are present in Tissint.