During a recent excursion to the icy plains of Antarctica, an international team of researchers discovered five new meteorites -- including one of the largest ever found on the continent.
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. During a recent excursion to the icy plains of Antarctica, an international team of researchers discovered five new meteorites — including one of the largest ever found on the continent. The rare meteorite is about the size of a cantaloupe but weighs a hefty 17 pounds .
“Meteorites themselves are too small to detect from space with satellites,” Valdes explained. “But this study used satellite measurements of surface temperature, surface slope, surface velocity, ice thickness — things like this. And it plugged into a machine learning algorithm to tell us where the highest probabilities of finding meteorite accumulation zones are.” Distinguishing a meteorite from other rocks can be a tricky process, Valdes said.
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