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Hoba is a tabular body of metal, measuring 2.7×2.7×0.9 m (8 ft 10 in×8 ft 10 in×2 ft 11 in). In 1920, its mass was estimated at 66 tonnes. Erosion, scientific sampling and vandalism reduced its bulk over the years. The remaining mass is estimated at just over 64 tonnes. The meteorite is composed of about 84% iron and 16% nickel, with traces ...
Hoba Meteorite 2007. Twenty four kilometres west of Grootfontein lies the huge Hoba meteorite. At over 60 tons, it is the largest known meteorite on Earth, as well as the largest naturally occurring mass of iron known to exist on the planet's surface.
Meteorite name Found year Region/Country Coordinates Group Classification Mass Image 1: Hoba: 1920: Grootfontein, Namibia: Ataxite: IVB: 60,000 kg (130,000 lb) 2: Cape York (Ahnighito) 1894: Meteorite Island, Greenland
The Apophis asteroid will reach within 20,000 miles on Earth in April 2029. At about 1,230 feet across, the Apophis asteroid is slightly smaller than the Empire State Building. On April 13, 2029 ...
Moldavite. Moldavite ( Czech: vltavín) is a forest green, olive green or blue greenish vitreous silica projectile glass formed by a meteorite impact in southern Germany ( Nördlinger Ries Crater) [3] that occurred about 15 million years ago. [4] It is a type of tektite and a gemstone. [5]
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft, first launched in 2021 to explore the Trojan asteroids trapped near Jupiter, has made an interesting discovery. The spacecraft found an asteroid, nicknamed Dinky, that ...
The Vredefort impact structure is the largest verified impact structure on Earth. [1] The crater, which has since been eroded away, has been estimated at 170–300 kilometres (110–190 mi) across when it was formed. [2] [3] The remaining structure, comprising the deformed underlying bedrock, is located in present-day Free State province of ...
The sample is apparently five billion years old and weighs 300 pounds. Earth itself is approximately 4.6 billion years old, meaning that the meteorite that crashed into present-day Arizona came ...