Though Murchison beat Aguas Zarcas to the punch, the freshness of the Costa Rican meteorite gives it an advantage.

尽管 Murchison 击败了 Aguas Zarcas，但哥斯达黎加陨石的新鲜度为其提供了优势。

Analysis of the Aguas Zarcas fragments may help shape science's understanding of the early solar system.

对 Aguas Zarcas 碎片的分析可能有助于塑造科学对早期太阳系的理解。

Aguas Zarcas is a kindred spirit of another famous meteorite, known as Murchison, which crashed into an Australian cattle town in 1969.

Aguas Zarcas 与另一颗著名的陨石 Murchison 有着相似的灵魂，该陨石于 1969 年坠入澳大利亚的一个牛镇。

And it serves as a trial run for space missions that will soon retrieve samples of asteroids that resemble Aguas Zarcas.

它作为太空任务的试运行，将很快取回类似于 Aguas Zarcas 的小行星样本。

Aguas Zarcas would become synonymous with the meteorite fragments that crashed in cow pastures, burned through roofs– and set the science and collecting world on fire.

Aguas Zarcas 将成为陨石碎片的代名词，这些陨石碎片坠落在奶牛场、烧穿屋顶——并点燃了科学界和收藏界。

Third—a period millions of years later, when these primordial particles began to clump together into protoplanets, while others—such as those that formed Aguas Zarcas —lay low in the cold void beyond Jupiter.

第三个时期——数百万年后，当这些原始粒子开始聚集成原行星时， 而其他粒子——比如形成 Aguas Zarcas 的粒子——则位于木星以外的寒冷空洞中。

Following several more billion years of isolation, a wayward collision in space splintered off a chunk of this asteroid and sent it on a collision course with, of all places… Aguas Zarcas, Costa Rica.

经过数十亿年的隔离，太空中的一次任性碰撞使这颗小行星的一大块碎裂，并将其送入碰撞轨道，其中包括哥斯达黎加的 Aguas Zarcas。