Members of the Arbeitskreis Meteore (AKM) commissioned by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) documented a 233.4 gram stone meteorite find and the damaged roof tiles shortly after the meteorite fall.
Sky rock testifies to intense collisions in early solar system. Members of the Arbeitskreis Meteore (AKM) commissioned by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) documented a 233.4 gram stone meteorite find and the damaged roof tiles shortly after the meteorite fall. Carsten Jonas, AKM A suspected meteorite find at the end of April in Elmshorn in Schleswig-Holstein has now been confirmed: Scientists from Münster and Dresden have analyzed the find and determined that the rock is a so-called common type H chondrite. This is a group of meteorites that have a particularly high proportion of metal. The sky rock originates from the primeval time of the solar system before 4.5 billion years and shows an intensive Brekziierung. This means that the rock consists of various components such as very pristine and unaltered as well as strongly heated material. "The meteorite's brecciation was formed by previous collisions in the early solar system and in the asteroid belt, a region with a particularly high collection of asteroids that lies between Mars and Jupiter.
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