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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...
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    Carbonaceous chondrite (category Meteorite classes)
    represent only a small proportion (4.6%) of meteorite falls. Some famous carbonaceous chondrites are: Allende, Murchison, Orgueil, Ivuna, Murray, Tagish Lake...
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    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...
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    lightning as the energy source for chemical reactions. The Murchison meteorite that fell near Murchison, Victoria, Australia in 1969 was found to contain an...
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    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...
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    have experienced extensive aqueous alteration. The much studied Murchison meteorite, which fell in Australia in 1969, is the best-known member of this...
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    based on 12C/13C isotopic ratios of organic compounds found in the Murchison meteorite, suggested that xanthine and related chemicals, including the RNA...
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    returned to Earth. Glycine had previously been identified in the Murchison meteorite in 1970. The discovery of glycine in outer space bolstered the hypothesis...
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  • Extraterrestrial life Events and objects Shergotty meteorite (1865) Nakhla meteorite (1911) Murchison meteorite (1969) Viking lander biological experiments (1976)...
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    Moissanite (category Meteorite minerals)
    such as lamproite. Analysis of silicon carbide grains found in the Murchison meteorite has revealed anomalous isotopic ratios of carbon and silicon, indicating...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    Eulalia asteroid family. The meteorite type is similar to that of the 1969 Murchison meteorite in Australia. Unlike Murchison, Sutter's Mill shows clear...
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    Presolar grains (category Meteorite mineralogy and petrology)
    applications to microscopic grains. In January 2020, analysis of the Murchison meteorite found in Australia in 1969 revealed that its stardust formed 5 to...
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    Studies of the 12C/13C isotopic ratios of organic compounds in the Murchison meteorite suggest that the RNA component uracil and related molecules, including...
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  • the ionizing effect of ultraviolet radiation emitted by stars. The Murchison meteorite contains the organic molecules uracil and xanthine, which must therefore...
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    biological experiments Meteorites Allan Hills 77005 Allan Hills 84001 Murchison meteorite Nakhla meteorite Shergotty meteorite Yamato 000593 Biosignatures...
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  • National University in Canberra to investigate organic compounds in the Murchison meteorite. He served as the president of the International Society for the...
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    abundance of amino acids, aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons in the Murchison meteorite and studied the optical activity of the amino acids. Oró also provided...
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  • can sustain. Laboratory experiments showed that material from the Murchison meteorite, when ground into a fine powder and combined with Earth's water and...
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    intact meteorite. Kaidun – An unusual carbonaceous chondrite. Mbozi meteorite – A 16-metric-ton ungrouped iron meteorite in Tanzania. Murchison – A carbonaceous...
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  • sterile and not capable of generating life. The discovery of the Murchison meteorite also led to the finding of 70 amino acids most of which are not native...
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    These included all of the primary alpha-amino acids found in the Murchison meteorite, which fell on Australia in 1969. A subsequent electric discharge...
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    complex is Cu(HNC5H9CO2)2(H2O)2. Pipecolic acid was identified in the Murchison meteorite. It also occurs in the leaves of the genus Myroxylon, a tree from...
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  • Extraterrestrial life Events and objects Shergotty meteorite (1865) Nakhla meteorite (1911) Murchison meteorite (1969) Viking lander biological experiments (1976)...
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    Marilyn L.; et al. (2008). "Extraterrestrial nucleobases in the Murchison meteorite". Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 270 (1–2): 130–136. arXiv:0806...
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  • Extraterrestrial life Events and objects Shergotty meteorite (1865) Nakhla meteorite (1911) Murchison meteorite (1969) Viking lander biological experiments (1976)...
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  • 37.1.239. Srinivasan, B.; Anders, E. (1978). "Noble Gases in the Murchison Meteorite: Possible Relics of s-process Nucleosynthesis". Science. 201 (4350):...
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    beta-polymorph. Analysis of SiC grains found in the Murchison meteorite, a carbonaceous chondrite meteorite, has revealed anomalous isotopic ratios of carbon...
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  • ranging from amino acids to nucleobases via carbonaceous meteorites (such as the Murchison meteorite), after which seasonal wet-dry cycles would lead to the...
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