March 15, 1806, a six-kilogram meteorite from the sky, near Alice City France fell.
This meteorite named Alice meteorite It is known that it was the first object from space in which scientists discovered organic chemicals. This space rock was classified as a CI group carbonaceous chondrite and is the oldest known meteorite of its kind.
Carbonaceous chondrites are very rare. They make up less than 5% of all meteorites discovered on Earth.
Their chemical composition is more chemically similar to the Sun than any other meteorite, so they are considered the most primitive type of space rock.
A Swedish chemist named Jacob Bersiliusanalyzed a sample of this type of meteorite and found that it contains water, clay minerals and complex carbon compounds.
