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Thermal Emission Spectroscopy of Martian Meteorites
Southwest Research Institute

Martian meteorites are of great value to geologists because they allow us to examine samples of rock from Mars and compare them to the rocks that we find on Earth. The compositions of the minerals in the meteorites and the physical characteristics they exhibit provide information about the conditions that existed when they were formed, such as temperature and pressure, and whether they were erupted onto the surface of the planet to cool quickly, or cooled slowly below the surface.
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