Mars Rover’s Basketball-Shaped Discovery Stirs Controversy
[[File:PIA07269-Mars Rover Opportunity-Iron Meteorite.jpg|right|thumb|The iron and nickel meteorite found on Mars]]
{{byline|date=January 20, 2005|location=Mars}} The Mars Rover ''Opportunity''’s latest discovery has sparked a debate.  Recently, NASA’s rover found an {{w|iron}} and {{w|nickel}} object that the [[Cornell University]] researchers on the project believe to be a {{w|meteorite}}. 

The surface of the meteorite was found to be remarkably free of corrosion. Researchers are as yet unsure whether this means it arrived recently or that it has possibly been sandblasted thoroughly.

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== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/mars_meteor_050120.html
 |title=Mars Rover's Meteorite Discovery Triggers Questions
 |author=Leonard David
 |pub=Space.com
 |date=January 20, 2005}}
*{{source|url=http://www.nasa.gov
 |title=http://www.nasa.gov
 |author=
 |pub=NASA
 |date=January 20, 2005}}

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The iron and nickel meteorite found on Mars
 The Mars Rover Opportunity’s latest discovery has sparked a debate.  Recently, NASA’s rover found an nickel object that the Cornell University researchers on the project believe to be a . 

The surface of the meteorite was found to be remarkably free of corrosion. Researchers are as yet unsure whether this means it arrived recently or that it has possibly been sandblasted thoroughly.
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