Ribbeck meteorite from the Havelland is 4.5 billion years old

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Researchers from the University of Münster analysed 202 fragments

A find from the ’Ribbeck’ meteorite. © Dennis Harries
A find from the ’Ribbeck’ meteorite. © Dennis Harries
At the beginning of this year, on 21 January, a huge fireball was visible over the German state of Brandenburg. It was the result of a small celestial body entering the Earth’s atmosphere, bursting and falling to the ground in numerous fragments near Ribbeck in the Havelland. After hundreds of people set out in the days that ensued to search for the remains of the crashed body, researchers led by Professor Dr Addi Bischoff and Dr Markus Patzek from the Institute of Planetology at the University of Münster were able to examine the finds. ...
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