FOTD(Giant Meteorites)

About 500 meteorites reach earth every year. Many fall in the sea and in unpopulated areas and are never seen. The Hoba meteorite,the largest in the world, was found in Namibia in 1920. It measures 2.73 multiplied 2.4m and is 82 percent iron and 16 percent nickel. It weights more than 60 tonnes. Second largest is the Tent, found in Greenland in 1894 and now known by it's original Eskimo name, Ahnighito. This meteorite weighs about 57.3 tonnes and is on displayed in the New York museum of natural history.