Chandni Dabral
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Posted 6 year ago
Which continent is the hot-spot for meteorite hunters? Why is it called so?
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Shweta Jain
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Posted 6 year ago Shweta Jain Teacher

A research group called the Antarctic Search for Meteorites, or ANSMET, coordinates these expeditions. When a meteorite lands in Antarctica, it has already traveled more than 1,600,000 kilometers (about a million miles) through space. Once picked up by scientists like Love, it now begins a new journey