Hoba meteorite - the largest meteorite found on Earth.
The Hoba meteorite is located on the Western Hoba Farm in Grootfontein, Otjozondjuba District, Namibia. It is considered the largest known meteorite (60 tons in one piece), as well as the largest piece of natural iron on Earth.
The Hoba meteorite is the largest meteorite found on Earth so far. It is located about 20 km west of Grootfontein in Namibia. It fell about 80 thousand years ago: its mass is about 66 tons.It is estimated that the meteorite fell 80,000 years ago. It is likely that the Earth's atmosphere slowed down the meteorite's speed, causing it to not form an impact crater on Earth. Scientists can determine whether there was a sea at the site of the fall. It is possible that the meteorite's shape, flat on both sides, allowed it to bounce on the water like a toy on a bouncy rock.
In 1920 AD, its discoverer stuck his plow on the meteorite, which at that time was covered with sand. The meteorite is estimated to be between 200 and 400 million years old. Its area is (2.70 m x 2.20 m and its height is 1 m). It consists mainly of iron (82%), nickel (16%) and some rare elements. Its name is derived from the Hoba farm in the Otavi Mountains.The meteorite did not leave any crater, and its discovery was pure coincidence, as a landowner in West Grootfontein in southwest Africa noticed the stone while roaming among his lands, where he heard the sound of iron when a plow passed over the stone. The meteorite was later drilled around and described by physicist Jacobus Hermanus Brits. His report was written in 1920 and is in the Grootfontein Museum.
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