Murchison

American  

[mur-chi-suhn] / ˈmɜr tʃɪ sən /

noun

1. an intermittent river in W Australia, flowing SW to the Indian Ocean. 440 miles (708 km) long.

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Murchison British  

/ ˈmɜːtʃɪsən /

noun

1. Sir Roderick Impey. 1792–1871, Scottish geologist: played a major role in establishing parts of the geological time scale, esp the Silurian, Permian, and Devonian periods

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Example Sentences

Scientists have long studied amino acids in carbon rich meteorites, including the well known Murchison meteorite that fell in Australia in 1969.

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To better understand Bennu's chemistry, the Penn State team compared its amino acids with those found in Murchison.

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The amino acids in Murchison appear to have formed in environments that included liquid water and moderate temperatures.

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"What's a real surprise is that the amino acids in Bennu show a much different isotopic pattern than those in Murchison, and these results suggest that Bennu and Murchison's parent bodies likely originated in chemically distinct regions of the solar system."

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"We hope that we can continue to analyze a range of different meteorites to look at their amino acids. We want to know if they continue to look like Murchison and Bennu, or maybe there is even more diversity in the conditions and pathways that can create the building blocks of life."

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