On July 15th 2014, NASA announced that the Mars Curiosity Rover had taken pictures of a metallic meteorite. The rock, which was discovered on May 25 2014, was in two pieces, and was dubbed, Lebanon and Lebanon B. The piece named Lebanon is 7 feet wide and made of iron.
Lebanon B is a much smaller piece that lies just several feet away from the larger Lebanon. Another piece of meteorite was also found a little further from Lebanon that is said to be about 7 feet wide as well, and its image is believed to be part of a group of unreleased photos.
NASA says that all of the Mars rovers have discovered iron meteorites. They are as yet unable to give a reason for why they have found so many more iron meteorites on Mars than have been found on Earth. A look at the photos reveal that Lebanon shows very little signs of degradation. NASA feels that this is due to Mars' thin atmosphere and very few other mechanisms of erosion.
While this discovery may or may not seem very exciting, it does add to a growing list of Martian peculiarities.
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