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The Hoba [1] (/ ˈ h oʊ b ə / HOH-bə) meteorite is named after the farm Hoba West, where it lies, not far from Grootfontein, in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia. It has been uncovered, but because of its large mass, has never been moved from where it fell.
The 60-tonne, 2.7 m-long (8.9 ft) Hoba meteorite in Namibia is the largest known intact meteorite. [1] A meteorite is a rock that originated in outer space and has fallen to the surface of a planet or moon.
Hoba meteorite, the largest intact meteorite, weighing about 60 tons, that has been found on Earth. It was discovered in 1920 on a farm called Hoba West, located 19 km (12 miles) west of Grootfontein in northern Namibia.
Hoba è la più pesante meteorite e la più grande massa di ferro di origine naturale al momento conosciuta presente sul suolo terrestre. Prende il nome dal luogo del ritrovamento, la fattoria di Hoba West vicino a Grootfontein, nella regione di Otjozondjupa in Namibia.
As the largest known meteorite known on earth, you would think that this 60-ton iron-nickel meteorite would have left an immense blast crater when it fell to earth nearly 80 million years ago.
This is a list of largest meteorites on Earth. Size can be assessed by the largest fragment of a given meteorite or the total amount of material coming from the same meteorite fall: often a single meteoroid during atmospheric entry tends to fragment into more pieces.
The Hoba Meteorite, located near Grootfontein in Namibia, is the largest known meteorite on Earth, both by mass and volume. Discovered in 1920 by a farmer while plowing his field, the Hoba Meteorite is a rare example of an ataxite, a type of iron meteorite with high nickel content.
Resting where it was discovered, the Hoba meteorite is the largest space rock found so far on Earth. At approximately 60 tons it appears to have fallen 80 thousand years ago. Most large iron meteorites been moved to museums.
The farmer had discovered a 66-ton iron meteorite - the largest single meteorite ever found and the largest piece of iron ever found near Earth's surface. It is tabular in shape and about nine feet long, nine feet wide and about three feet thick.
It is the largest known intact meteorite and about twice as massive as the largest fragment of either the Cape York meteorite's 31-tonne Ahnighito kept in the American Museum of Natural History or the Campo del Cielo's 31-tonne Gancedo in Argentina.
At more than 50 tons, the Hoba Meteorite in Namibia is the world's largest intact meteorite. Visitors can climb on the meteorite and see it up close.
Every day, approximately 17 meteorites hit the Earth. Near the city of Grootfontein in Namibia lies the world’s largest intact one. The Hoba meteorite, named after the farm on which it was discovered, crashed thousands of years ago.
The experts all agree that the Hoba Meteorite is the biggest meteor that has been found on earth until today. The meteorite came down about 20 km west of Grootfontein about 80,000 years ago and still remains at the same place, which is not surprising, considering the weight of 50 tons.
This meteorite is the largest intact meteorite in the world. It is thought to have arrived less than 80,000 years ago. It was found in 1920 after a farmer's plow hit it. It is located 25 km northeast of the town of Otavi and is a tourist attraction, seen by thousands of visitors a year.
Hoba meteorite. Grootfontein, Namibia (Source: Wikimedia Commons) Comprised 84% iron and 16% nickel, with a weight of almost 66 tones, a height of 1 meter, and 2.7 meters squared in length and width, it was considered and still is to date the biggest piece of metal found on Earth.
A post on Reddit claimed that the Hoba was the biggest meteorite in the world. The post received nearly 15,000 engagements since it was published on 17 August, 2022.
This fragment is a tiny piece of Hoba, the largest intact meteorite ever found on Earth. Hoba weighs roughly 60 tons, almost twice as much as Ahnighito, the world's third-largest meteorite mass displayed at the center of this hall.
Hobameteoriten (även känd som Hoba West eller bara Hoba) är en järnmeteorit som finns på farmen "Hoba West", nära Grootfontein i regionen Otjozondjupa i Namibia. Den har grävts fram, men på grund av sin tyngd har den aldrig flyttats.
The Hoba remains the largest known and immediately accessible meteorite. However, thanks to remarkable advances in science and technology, it's possible that there are still additional...
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The largest intact meteorite yet found on Earth is the Hoba meteorite of northern Namibia. It was discovered in 1920 on a farm called Hoba West, 12 miles (19 kilometers) west…
The Hoba meteorite is a tabloid body of metal, measuring 2.7 by 2.7 meters (8 feet 9 inches) long and 0.9 meters (3 feet) high. Its mass in 1920 was estimated at 66 tonnes. Erosion, scientific sampling and vandalism took their toll and over the years the meteorite shrank to just over 60 tonnes.
A hoba meteorit (ejtsd: huba) a legnagyobb ismert, egy darabból álló meteorit a Földön. Méretei nagyjából 3 × 3 méter hosszúság, 1 m-es vastagság. Valamikor az utóbbi 80 000 évben hullott a Földre. Nagyrészt vasból áll.