meteorite ever seen before? Meteorite is a natural object originating in outer space that survives the impact with the ground. While in space it is called a meteoroid. When it enters the atmosphere impact pressure causes the body warms up and emit light, creating a fireball, also known as a meteor or shooting star.
Mbozi meteorite is located in Marengo Hill in Mbozi District of Southern Tanzania, its border with Malawi and Zambia. Meteorite is three meters long and one meter-wide and weighs about 16 tons of the object, and consists of 90 percent iron, about 9 percent nickel, and small amounts of cobalt, copper, sulfur, phosphorus i.
No one is sure when the meteorite fell, but it must have been a long time ago. WH Nolt, a land surveyor from Johannesburg allegedly found him in October 1930th Meteorite is currently standing on a stone altar, a product of a trench dug around it. Meteorite remained in its original landing site.
Dr. DR Grath of the Geological Society in 1930 used a hack-saw to cut a sample of about ten centimeters. It was ten o'clock. This piece is now in the British Museum in London.
page Mbozi meteorite is arranged to accommodate visitors, with a little house and reception desks and tables. Manager lives in a small mud house about 50 meters from the meteorite, and will ask you to sign in visitors book.
It's a beautiful environment, good for picnicking. visit will help you understand the primal nature of the earth and our universe as a whole.