Fragment from Arizona's Meteor Crater near Flagstaff.
Ken Lund
The University of Arizona-backed OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return its sample of dust and rocks from the asteroid Bennu in September. UA planetary scientist Tom Zega describes meteor fragments found on Earth and the tools being used to answer questions related to the origin of the planets.
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