What does the Winchcombe meteorite tell us about the origin of the Solar System?

In March 2021, several rare meteorite fragments were found in Winchcombe, Gloucestershire. We celebrate this amazing discovery with a mini-documentary and other FREE resources on meteorites…

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Video of fireball meteor CC BY-SA 4.0 from 28 February 2021 at 9:55PM: https://ukmeteornetwork.co.uk/

Meteorite in Antarctica: © Katherine Joy / The University of Manchester

Fireball trajectory: © Google Earth

Solar System schematic CC BY-SA 4.0: Universe Today

Asteroid collision animation: © NASA

Artist impression of Hayabusa2 CC BY-2.0: DLR German Aerospace Center on Flickr

OSIRIS-REx footage: © NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona

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