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The El Ali meteorite (Arabic) or Ceel Cali (Somali) (known traditionally by the locals as Shiid-Birood and recently by the finders as Nightfall), literally meaning, "Ali's Well," is a 15,150-kilogram (16.70-short-ton) meteorite that was known to the local population in Somalia for generations, but officially recognized as a meteorite only in 2020.
Marquez crater is a meteorite crater located in Leon County, Texas near the small town of Marquez about 177 km (110 mi) northeast of Austin, Texas, United States. [1]It is 12.7 km (8 mi) in diameter and the age is estimated to be 58 ± 2 million years ().
The Odessa Meteor Crater is a meteorite crater in the southwestern part of Ector County, southwest of the city of Odessa of West Texas, United States. It is accessible approximately 3 mi (5 km) south of Interstate 20 at Exit 108 (Moss Road). [ 1 ]
A meteorite crashed in the area of Mission, Texas, Wednesday night causing a loud boom that startled residents, authorities said.
Turns out UCLA has "the largest collection of meteorites on the west coast" with over 2,400 samples ... which is a small collection compared to the more than 50,000 meteorites NASA reports have ...
Los Angeles Equestrian Center: Burbank: California: 45,000 sq ft (4,200 m 2) 58,000 sq ft (5,400 m 2) Maude Cobb Convention Center/Longview Exhibit Center: Longview: Texas: 52,018 sq ft (4,832.6 m 2) 57,818 sq ft (5,371.5 m 2) Washtenaw Farm Council Fairgrounds: Saline: Michigan: 11,021 sq ft (1,023.9 m 2) 57,793 sq ft (5,369.1 m 2) Florence ...
McDonald Observatory is an astronomical observatory located near unincorporated community of Fort Davis in Jeff Davis County, Texas, United States.The facility is located on Mount Locke in the Davis Mountains of West Texas, with additional facilities on Mount Fowlkes, approximately 1.3 kilometers (0.81 mi) to the northeast. [1]
The Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies was founded in 1960, on the Tempe Campus of Arizona State University, and houses the world's largest university-based meteorite collection. The collection contains specimens from over 1,600 separate meteorite falls and finds, and is actively used internationally for planetary, geological and space science ...