The Perseverance rover of NASA may have recognized its first meteorite, a rock boulder that was named Phippsaksla. It was in September 2025 within the Jezero Crater that the 31-inch rock was found. The Mastcam-Z digicam of Perseverance noticed that Phippsaksla was an odd-looking sculpted being, and the SuperCam instrument of the rover detected a excessive iron-and-nickel goal. It is because area rocks include these metals, and so this boulder may have been fashioned in different components of the photo voltaic system.
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