List of largest meteorites on Earth - Wikipedia
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 table lists the largest meteorites found on the Earth's surface.
These Are The 6 Biggest Meteorites to Ever to Be Found on Earth
2017年2月24日 · Here are some of the biggest space rocks ever to crash into us and survive. Willamette is the largest meteorite ever found in the US, at 7.8 square metres (84 square feet) long and with a weight of 15.5 tonnes (34,000 pounds). American Museum of Natural History.
The 25 Largest Meteorites Ever Found - MeteorMaps.com
2024年1月19日 · Here are the 25 biggest meteorites ever found on Earth: 1. The Hoba Meteorite: 132,277.36 Pounds. The Hoba meteorite, discovered in 1920 near Grootfontein, Namibia, is renowned as the largest meteorite on Earth. This colossal space rock, weighing about 60 tons, is composed mainly of iron and nickel.
Hoba meteorite - Wikipedia
It is the largest known intact meteorite (as a single piece) [2] 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.
The Biggest Meteorites That Have Crashed to Earth - Business Insider
2017年2月23日 · Here are some of the biggest space rocks ever to crash into us and survive. Willamette is the largest meteorite ever found in the US, at 7.8 square metres long and with a weight of 15.5 tonnes....
The Hoba Meteorite, Namibia: Largest Known Meteorite on Earth
2023年12月15日 · 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.
Hoba meteorite | Weight, Namibia, & Facts | Britannica
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. The Hoba meteorite dropped from the sky less than 80,000 years ago and has
List of largest meteorites on Earth - WikiMili
2024年9月29日 · 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.
Hoba: The World's Largest Meteorite - Geology.com
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 was given the name "Hoba" because it was discovered on a farm named "Hoba West."
The Willamette Meteorite - American Museum of Natural History
The Willamette Meteorite weighs 15.5 tons. This iron meteorite, which was found in Oregon, is the largest ever found in the United States and the sixth-largest in the world. The smooth surface melted during its blazing entry into the atmosphere, while the pits formed on the Earth's surface.