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The oldest meteorite fragments found on Earth are about 4,540 million years old.

  1. True

  2. False
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Meteorites provide the oldest solid material from the early solar system available for study. The oldest meteorite fragments found on Earth are approximately 4.54 billion years old, dating to the formation of the solar system itself. This age is consistent with radiometric dating of primitive meteorites.

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