<p>At 10:58 AM on Sept. 28, 1969, residents of the small farming community of Murchison, Victoria, in Australia, heard a series of loud booms. The noise was accompanied by a strong smell and a streak of smoke in the sky. A carbonaceous chondite meteorite, the Murchison Meteorite broke up as it entered the atmosphere, and<a class="more-link" href="https://www.astronomy.com/today-in-the-history-of-astronomy/sept-28-1969-the-murchison-meteorite-explodes-over-australia/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">"Sept. 28, 1969: The Murchison Meteorite explodes over Australia"</span></a></p>
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At 10:58 AM on Sept. 28, 1969, residents of the small farming community of Murchison, Victoria, in Australia, heard a series of loud booms. The noise was accompanied by a strong smell and a streak of smoke in the sky. A carbonaceous chondite meteorite, the Murchison Meteorite broke up as it entered the atmosphere, andContinue reading “Sept. 28, 1969: The Murchison Meteorite explodes over Australia”
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