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Lafayette Meteorite Dated

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Martian meteorites

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Rock once forgotten in a drawer plays key part in dating water on Mars

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The Lafayette meteorite was rediscovered at Purdue University in 1931 .

Geologists have dated minerals to 742 million years ago , much more recently than many estimates of when liquid water was on Mars .

The researchers don't think Mars was teeming with water at that time in history.

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https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/news/how-long-were-the-wet-periods-on-early-mars-and-was-that-water-chemically-suitable-for-life/https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=12412 https://www.ziffdavis.com/ztg-privacy-policy https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/ast.2021.0180 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2984136/https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?sea=Martian+%28nakhlite%29&sfor=types&ants=&nwas=&falls=&valids=&stype=exact&lrec=50&map=ge&browse=&country=All&srt=&categ=All&mblist=All&rect=&phot=&strewn=&snew=0&pnt=Normal%20table&dr=&page=0 https://www.eaps.purdue.edu/news/articles/2024/1106_tremblay_gpl.html https://www.ziffdavis.com/terms-of-use https://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1935PA.....43..404N https://www.geochemicalperspectivesletters.org/article2443/https://story.illinoisstatemuseum.org/content/tilden-meteorite https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/archiveofnews/2022/october/headline_889420_en.html

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astrobiology.nasa.gov www.lpi.usra.edu www.ziffdavis.com www.liebertpub.com pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov www.eaps.purdue.edu adsabs.harvard.edu www.geochemicalperspectivesletters.org story.illinoisstatemuseum.org www.gla.ac.uk

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