Messengers of an Ancient Solar system: Iron meteorite

Carola Radke (MfN)

Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
Berlin, Germany

A large proportion of meteorites hitting earth come from the asteroid belt that contains over 200,000 rocks. This iron meteorite weighs 215kg and was part of a meteorite shower. It was found in 1836. Its surface melted when flyeing through the atmosphere

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Title: Messengers of an Ancient Solar system: Iron meteorite
Creator: Carola Radke (MfN)
Physical Location: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, 10115 Berlin
Provenance: Gibeon/Namibia, 1836
Subject Keywords: Meteorite
Rights: © Museum für Naturkunde. All rights reserved.
Medium: Iron

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