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The Murchison meteorite is a meteorite that fell in Australia in 1969 near Murchison, Victoria. It belongs to the carbonaceous chondrite class, a group...

represent only a small proportion (4.6%) of meteorite falls. Some famous carbonaceous chondrites are: Allende, Murchison, Orgueil, Ivuna, Murray, Tagish Lake...

materials known to have reached earth. The Meteorite Park in the centre of Murchison celebrates this discovery. Murchison East station is serviced by V/Line passenger...

lightning as the energy source for chemical reactions. The Murchison meteorite that fell near Murchison, Victoria, Australia in 1969 was found to contain an...

intact rocks on Earth. Meteorites that were formed in other planetary systems can pre-date Earth. Particles from the Murchison meteorite were dated in January...

based on 12C/13C isotopic ratios of organic compounds found in the Murchison meteorite, suggested that xanthine and related chemicals, including the RNA...

Carolina Murchison Highway, a road in Tasmania Murchison letter, a political scandal in 1888 in U.S. Murchison meteorite, which fell in 1969 near Murchison, Victoria...

such as lamproite. Analysis of silicon carbide grains found in the Murchison meteorite has revealed anomalous isotopic ratios of carbon and silicon, indicating...

have experienced extensive aqueous alteration. The much studied Murchison meteorite, which fell in Australia in 1969, is the best-known member of this...

Eulalia asteroid family. The meteorite type is similar to that of the 1969 Murchison meteorite in Australia. Unlike Murchison, Sutter's Mill shows clear...

applications to microscopic grains. In January 2020, analysis of the Murchison meteorite found in Australia in 1969 revealed that 40 grains of presolar silicon...

Extraterrestrial life Events and objects Shergotty meteorite (1865) Nakhla meteorite (1911) Murchison meteorite (1969) Viking lander biological experiments (1976)...

Studies of the 12C/13C isotopic ratios of organic compounds in the Murchison meteorite suggest that the RNA component uracil and related molecules, including...

Uracil that was formed extraterrestrially has been detected in the Murchison meteorite, in a near-Earth asteroid, and possibly on the surface of the moon...

the ionizing effect of ultraviolet radiation emitted by stars. The Murchison meteorite contains the organic molecules uracil and xanthine, which must therefore...

returned to Earth. Glycine had previously been identified in the Murchison meteorite in 1970. The discovery of glycine in outer space bolstered the hypothesis...

"History – Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies". Pizzarello, Sandra; Cronin, JR (1998). "Alanine enantiomers in the Murchison meteorite". Nature. 394 (6690):...

abundance of amino acids, aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons in the Murchison meteorite and studied the optical activity of the amino acids. Oró also provided...

National University in Canberra to investigate organic compounds in the Murchison meteorite. He served as the president of the International Society for the...

CM chondrites are a group of chondritic meteorites which resemble their type specimen, the Mighei meteorite. The CM is the most commonly recovered group...