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  2. Meteorite fall - Wikipedia

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    A meteorite fall, also called an observed fall, is a meteorite collected after its fall from outer space was observed by people or automated devices. Any other meteorite is called a " find ". [ 1 ] [ 2 ] There are more than 1,300 documented falls listed in widely used databases, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] most of which have specimens in modern collections.

  3. Falling asteroid lights up sky in Russia's remote Yakutia - AOL

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    The European Space Agency, writing on X, said the asteroid was believed to have measured 70 cm (28 inches) across and was spotted about 12 hours in advance of its appearance in the sky.

  4. Museum offers $25,000 reward for rock that fell from space - AOL

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    NASA says four radar sweeps detected “signatures consistent with falling meteorites seen at the time and location reported by eyewitnesses,” and people also heard sonic booms. Museum offers ...

  5. Meteorite - Wikipedia

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    A "meteorite fall", also called an "observed fall", is a meteorite collected after its arrival was observed by people or automated devices. Any other meteorite is called a "meteorite find". [43] [44] There are more than 1,100 documented falls listed in widely used databases, [45] [46] [47] most of which have specimens in modern collections.

  6. Meteoroid - Wikipedia

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    A meteor, known colloquially as a shooting star or falling star, is the visible passage of a glowing meteoroid, micrometeoroid, comet or asteroid through Earth's atmosphere, after being heated to incandescence by collisions with air molecules in the upper atmosphere, [11] [23] [24] creating a streak of light via its rapid motion and sometimes ...

  7. This Rare Meteorite Contains Earth-Like Water and Could ... - AOL

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    The Winchcombe meteorite is a rare find, with a similar hydrogen isotope ratio to the water on Earth.. Recovering a meteorite within 12 hours of arrival means it is as pristine a specimen as we ...

  8. A November meteor shower could be spectacular. Here's ... - AOL

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    The peak of the Leonid meteor shower will shoot across the sky on the night of Nov. 17-18. The yearly spectacle occurs when the Earth passes through the debris field left behind by the comet 55P ...

  9. List of largest meteorites on Earth - Wikipedia

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    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.