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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 table lists the largest meteorites found on the Earth's surface.
A meteorite find is a meteorite that was found by people, but whose fall was not observed. [1] They may have been on Earth's surface for as many as thousands of years and therefore could have been subject to varying amounts of weathering . Finds are distinguished from "meteorite falls", which are those which were observed during their descent ...
The El Ali meteorite (Arabic) or Ceel Cali (Somali) (known traditionally by the locals as Shiid-Birood and recently by the finders as Nightfall), literally meaning, "Ali's Well," is a 15,150-kilogram (16.70-short-ton) meteorite that was known to the local population in Somalia for generations, but first only officially recognized as a meteorite in 2020.
Meteorite. 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. When the original object enters the atmosphere, various factors such as friction, pressure, and chemical interactions with the ...
Strewn field. A strewn field is the area where meteorites from a single fall are dispersed. [1] It is also often used for the area containing tektites produced by large meteorite impact. [2]
The Winchcombe meteorite is a rare find, with a similar hydrogen isotope ratio to the water on Earth. Recovering a meteorite within 12 hours of arrival means it is as pristine a specimen as we can ...
Q-Tip. " Meteorite " is a song by the American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey from her fourteenth studio album, Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse (2014). It was composed by Carey and Q-Tip. A disco track, it contains a sample of the recording "Goin' Up in Smoke" written by Allan Felder, Norman Harris, and Ron Tyson, all of whom ...
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