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 112.2 g fragment of the Chelyabinsk (Cherbakul) meteorite. This specimen was found on a field between the villages of Deputatsky and Emanzhelinsk on February 18, 2013. The broken fragment displays thick primary fusion crust with flow lines and a...

How to find your own meteorite

... tips from astronomer Carolin Crawford on how to find your own hunk of space metal after Graihagh Jackson found a rather ... in their insulation in the roof. So they had their own little meteorite that had hit their roof - I think that's ... Crawford, University of Cambridge Top tips to find your own hunk of space metal... How to find your own meteorite ...

Meteorite crashing to earth

Meteor, Comet or Asteroid?

... a comet and an asteroid? And we tell you how to find your own space rock here on Earth and track where it came from. ... a comet and an asteroid? And we tell you how to find your own space rock here on Earth and track where it came from. ...

A 4.5kg individual meteorite from the Gibeon meteorite field. Gibeon is a fine octahedrite, class IVA. This specimen is about 19cm wide.

What is a meteorite?

... around between the planets, around the Sun following their own orbits. Now as soon as that meteoroid starts to enter ...

Comet Hale-Bopp as it flies over the sky of Pazin in Istria, Croatia

Spot the difference: Meteor, meteroid...

... around between the planets, around the Sun following their own orbits. Now as soon as that meteoroid starts to enter ...

The asteroid Gaspara

Fact Impact - Asteroids

... into a spherical shape Some asteroids even have their own satellite moons, such as little (1.5 km-across) Dactyl ...