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Meteorite Fragments Found in Scottish Mountains

AftertrackingameteoritethatflewacrosstheScottishskiesinthesummer, researchersthinkthatbitsofthespacerockcouldhavelandedoversomebigmountains.

在追蹤了夏季飛過蘇格蘭天空的一顆隕石後，研究人員認為這塊隕石的碎片可能落在了一些大山上。

ThismeansthathillwalkerstrekkingintheHighlandscouldfindsomeprettyout-of-this-worldtreasuresundertheirfeet.

這意味著在高地徒步旅行的人可以在腳下發現一些非常超凡脫俗的寶藏。

Agroupofscientists, calledtheUKFireballAlliance, saythatthemeteoritefragmentsmaybescatteredontheStobCoire, Easain, ChnoDearg, andBenAldermunros.

一群名為「英國火球聯盟」的科學家表示，隕石碎片可能散落在 Stob Coire、Easain、Chno Dearg 和 Ben Alder 等山峰上。

MunrosareScottishmountainsover 3,000 feet (914m) tall, visitedbyexpertwalkersandmountaineers.

芒羅斯山是蘇格蘭的一座山峰，海拔超過 3,000 英尺（914 公尺），是專業健行者和登山者的目的地。

OnThursday 3 Julythisyear, abrightmeteorwasvisibleinsomeareasofScotland.

今年 7 月 3 日星期四，蘇格蘭部分地區可見一顆明亮的流星。

TheUKFireballAlliancebelievethatitexplodedinnorthernScotland, withpiecesweighingupto100gfallingoversomepartsoftheHighlands, andbigfragmentsofupto10kglandingattheBenAlderarea.

英國火球聯盟認為，爆炸發生在蘇格蘭北部，重達 100 克的碎片落在蘇格蘭高地的部分地區，重達 10 公斤的大碎片落在本阿爾德地區。

TheHighlandscovernearly 10,000 squaremetresandisknownforitswildscenery.

該高地面積近10,000平方米，以其狂野的風光而聞名。

HikingsomepartsoftheHighlandscanberisky-involvingwalkingondifficultgroundandthroughharshconditions.

在蘇格蘭高地的某些地區健行可能會有危險，需要在崎嶇的地面和惡劣的條件下行走。

Infact, oneofthesearchpartiestryingtofindthemeteorfragments, ledbytheUniversityofGlasgow'sProfessorLukeDaly, hadtocomehomebecauseofthebadweatherontheirtrip.

事實上，由格拉斯哥大學盧克戴利教授領導的一支尋找隕石碎片的搜尋隊由於途中天氣惡劣而不得不返回。

ProfessorLukeledateamthatrecoveredthelargestintactfragmentoftheWinchcombemeteoriteintheUKin 2021.

盧克教授帶領的團隊於 2021 年在英國發現了最大的完整溫奇科姆隕石碎片。

HiscolleagueDrAineO'Briensaid:"IfsomeoneisluckyenoughtobagameteoritewhilebaggingaMunro, we'reaskingthemtotakeaphotoandtakeanoteoftheirGPSlocationandsendittotheUKFireballAlliance."

他的同事艾恩·奧布萊恩博士說：“如果有人在攀登芒羅山時足夠幸運地捕獲了一顆隕石，我們會要求他們拍一張照片，記下他們的 GPS 位置，然後將其發送給英國火球聯盟。”

Ifit'ssmallenoughtobepickedup, pleasetrynottohandleitdirectly-wrappingitinaluminiumfoiloracleansandwichbagwouldbeveryhelpful.

如果它足夠小，可以撿起來，請盡量不要直接處理它 - 用鋁箔或乾淨的三明治袋包裹它會很有幫助。

Ifit'stoobigtocarry, theGPSlocationwillhelpusrecoveritlater.

如果太大而無法攜帶，GPS 定位將幫助我們稍後找回它。

After tracking a meteorite that flew across the Scottish skies in the summer, researchers think that bits of the space rock could have landed over some big mountains.

This means that hill walkers trekking in the Highlands could find some pretty out-of-this-world treasures under their feet.

A group of scientists, called the UK Fireball Alliance, say that the meteorite fragments may be scattered on the Stob Coire, Easain, Chno Dearg, and Ben Alder munros.

Munros are Scottish mountains over 3,000 feet (914m) tall, visited by expert walkers and mountaineers.

On Thursday 3 July this year, a bright meteor was visible in some areas of Scotland.

The UK Fireball Alliance believe that it exploded in northern Scotland, with pieces weighing up to 100g falling over some parts of the Highlands, and big fragments of up to 10kg landing at the Ben Alder area.

The Highlands cover nearly 10,000 square metres and is known for its wild scenery.

Hiking some parts of the Highlands can be risky - involving walking on difficult ground and through harsh conditions.

In fact, one of the search parties trying to find the meteor fragments, led by the University of Glasgow's Professor Luke Daly, had to come home because of the bad weather on their trip.

Professor Luke led a team that recovered the largest intact fragment of the Winchcombe meteorite in the UK in 2021.

His colleague Dr Aine O'Brien said: "If someone is lucky enough to bag a meteorite while bagging a Munro, we're asking them to take a photo and take a note of their GPS location and send it to the UK Fireball Alliance."

If it's small enough to be picked up, please try not to handle it directly - wrapping it in aluminium foil or a clean sandwich bag would be very helpful.

If it's too big to carry, the GPS location will help us recover it later.