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Rio Rancho boy finds first meteorite within city limits
13 year old Jansen Lyons found a meteorite in Rio Rancho whose testing by UNM Institute of Meteoretics director Carl Agee confirms as a chondritic rock from an asteroid. Agee notes such finds are rare for amateurs, and the rock may be officially named Rio Rancho after lab analysis.
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Rio Rancho
City of Vision
Carl Agee
University of New Mexico Institute of Meteoretics
Jansen Lyons
Outer Space
Jansen
Agee
Earth
Christine Lyons
Christine
UNM
Lee Ann Lloyd
Institute of Meteoretics
Lloyd
Meteoretical Society
Lyons