Hoba Meteorite

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5372. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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The largest known single meteorite mass, weighing an estimated 60 tonnes; it is sometimes called the Hoba West meteorite. It still lies where it was discovered in 1920, at Hoba Farm, near Grootfontein in Namibia. It produced no impact crater, but sits partially embedded in a hollow in the ground. The Hoba meteorite is an ataxite, a variety of iron meteorite, and measures about 2.7 m in its longes...

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