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Because, why not? This meteor formed before our earth formed. Scientists can learn about how the materials in our early solar system behaved.
Possibly some or even most of the organics on Earth were deposited due to meteorites like this one.
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Possibly some or even most of the organics on Earth were deposited due to meteorites like this one.

4.6 billion-year-old meteorite found in horseshoe footprint
The meteorite is a rare carbonaceous chondrite.