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Meteorite, Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Meteorite
You can read more about impacts at my:
Meteorite crater page
Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet:
Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet
How to Tell if the Rock You Found Might Be a Meteorite:
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| Meteorite type : | Iron |
| Age : | It crashed on Earth 50'000 years ago, but the iron meteor is much older |
| Found at : | Arizona, USA, Barringer Crater |
| Site : | Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Sweden, Stockholm, Frescati |
| Comment : |
In 2019 the Swedish Nature Museum had an open day. It was about geology and among that meteorites.
I have visited some meteorite impacts (craters) in Sweden, but now I can see what cause them (but very much bigger). |
| Meteorite type : | Iron |
| Age : | 4'600'000'000 years old, older than the Earth ! |
| Found at : | Siberia 1947, Russia, Sikhote-Alin_meteorite |
| Site : | Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Sweden, Stockholm, Frescati |
| Comment : |
It was only 72 years ago since this meteorite fell down on Earth.
I couldn't resist to touch the meteorite, think about it, holding your hand on something that's older than our Earth !
I put my finger into the holes to investigate if they where like bullets holes, no, it was more like something that had evaporated out from it.
And yes, it was allowed to touch it and I didn't get transformed to a little green man either. |
| Meteorite type : | Iron, mass (weight) 300 kg |
| Age : | Impact on Earth 10'000 years ago, this piece was found as late as 2005. |
| Found at : | Kitkiöjärvi, Pajala, Sweden, Muonionalusta |
| Site : | Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Sweden, Stockholm, Frescati |
| Comment : |
This meteorite is found in Sweden, one of the biggest with its mass (weight) of 300 kg. |
| Type : | Dinosaur foot print |
| Age : | 150'000'000 years ? old |
| Found at : | Southwestern coast of Sweden |
| Site : | Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Sweden, Stockholm, Frescati |
| Comment : |
Everybody maybe know of the extinction of the dinosaurs by a big meteorite, this foot print was before that accident.
I think the geology man told me that it was 150 million years old.
But what was surprised me a lot was: it was found in Sweden !
I didn't know we had that exiting history in our country. |
| Type : | Dinosaur foot print |
| Age : | 150'000'000 years ? old |
| Found at : | Southwestern coast of Sweden |
| Site : | Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Sweden, Stockholm, Frescati |
| Comment : |
Another dinosaur foot print from Sweden.
It was a lot of other interesting things we found this day at the museum, but this was what I found related to astronomy. |
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