Drone Used to Locate Fallen Meteorite in Australia

Drone Used to Locate Fallen Meteorite in Australia
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A student researcher from Western Australia’s Curtin University has used a drone to help pinpoint the location of a meteorite fragment on the remote Nullarbor Plain.

Thousands of small meteorites are thought to hit Earth’s surface each year, but for every impact witnessed almost 800 space rock chunks land in oceans or remote landscapes and go unnoticed.