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Old 25-June-2005, 07:54 PM
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Ha! Yes! mickal555, you set me on it!

The Hoba meteorite was found at a farm near Grootfontein, Namibia, in 1920, weighs 60 tons, and is 3 m in diameter. It is the biggest meteorite ever found. I remember my aunt telling me about visiting it - large thing in the middle of nowhere, and the guide who led them there was actually the grandson of the finder.

Well, I did not find the biggest meteorite in Germany, but I can offer one that was found in a search after it was actually observed shrieking across the sky in 2003 - there are three fragments, so far, between 1.9 and 2.5 kg. from the location of the find, it is called the Neuschwanstein meteorite. Now does that make up?

Neuschwanstein meteorite
Neuschwanstein castle


Do we wait for mickal555 to get out of bed again or will someone else jump in?

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