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Well, after 18 years, for the first time, a real meteorite came to my door.
18 年後,一塊真正的隕石第一次來到了我的家門口。
It was brought by this gentleman and within minutes, within seconds, I knew that this was it.
是這位先生帶來的,幾分鐘之內,幾秒鐘之內,我就知道就是他了。
It was a real one.
是真的
It was found apparently in 1930s on a farm near the town of Edmore.
它顯然是 20 世紀 30 年代在埃德莫爾鎮附近的一個農場被發現的。
It was used as a doorstop at a barn for all this time.
它一直被用作穀倉的門擋。
It is heavy.
它很重。
It is made of iron and nickel.
它由鐵和鎳製成。
It is 88.5% iron and 11.5% nickel.
它含有 88.5% 的鐵和 11.5% 的鎳。
So composition-wise, it's just right there.
是以,從構圖上看,它就在那裡。
So far, this meteorite was brought to us just for identification purposes.
到目前為止,這塊隕石被送到我們這裡只是為了進行鑑定。
We have sent a sample to the Smithsonian to a curator there, Dr. Kerry Corrigan, and they have been analyzing this.
我們已經把樣本送到史密森尼博物館,交給那裡的館長凱里-科里根博士,他們一直在分析這個樣本。
So out of 11 meteorites ever found and collected in the state of Michigan, this is the sixth largest.
是以,在密歇根州發現和收集的 11 塊隕石中,這是第六大隕石。
I felt a tremendous enthusiasm.
我感受到了巨大的熱情。
This is it.
就是這裡
Right now, I am holding this spatial rock, space rock, that tells us so much about the origins of the universe at its earliest history.
現在,我正拿著這塊空間岩石--太空岩石,它告訴了我們許多關於宇宙起源的最早歷史。
Just being able to play a major role in the discovery, in the identification and classification of this meteorite, CMU is going to establish its reputation.
只要能在這塊隕石的發現、鑑定和分類方面發揮重要作用,CMU 就能建立起自己的聲譽。