What is a meteorite?

Scientists collecting a meteorite from the Miller Range in Antarctica. Meteoroids are objects in space that range in size from dust grains to small asteroids. Think of them as “space rocks.”

When was the Lafayette meteorite found?

The meteorite sat unrecognized in the geological collections in Purdue University for an unknown number of years until it was recognized by O. Farrington in 1931. The 800 gram Lafayette meteorite is very similar to the Nakhla meteorite, which fell in Egypt in 1911.

What is the Blaubeuren meteorite?

The unassuming, but unusual, rock was dug up in 1989 in the garden of a man living in Blaubeuren, a town with around 12,500 inhabitants. When digging up the rock, he noticed how incredibly heavy the boulder was and noted its high iron content but did nothing further. The meteorite then sat for decades in the garden unnoticed.

What’s the biggest meteorite ever found in Germany?

Scientists are now working to figure out when it fell to Earth. Until now, a meteorite dubbed “Benthullen” bore the title as the largest to be found in Germany, weighing 17.25 kilograms (38 pounds). The newly discovered meteorite has been dubbed “Blaubeuren” after the town in which it was found.

Meteoroids are what we call “space rocks” that range in size from dust grains to small asteroids. This term only applies when they’re in space. NASA astronomer Peter Jenniskens with a asteroid meteorite found in the Nubian Desert of northern Sudan.

Where was the meteorite found in New York?

Christie’s auction house sale coordinator Gillian Hawley holds an iron and nickel meteorite that was once part of an asteroid, in New York on Monday, February 8, 2021. The meteorite was found in a Texas oil field and is being auctioned online.

Where is the meteorite that was found in Texas?