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Mars Meteorites

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American Museum of Natural History
New York, NY, United States

Tossed to Earth from the planet next door.

Comets or large asteroids can slam into Mars, blasting Martian rocks into orbit around the Sun—and onto a collision course with Earth.

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Title: Mars Meteorites
Creator: AMNH
Location: AMNH

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