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Hoba is a tabular body of metal, measuring 2.7×2.7×0.9 m (8 ft 10 in×8 ft 10 in×2 ft 11 in). In 1920, its mass was estimated at 66 tonnes. Erosion, scientific sampling and vandalism reduced its bulk over the years. The remaining mass is estimated at just over 64
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In 1987, the farm owner donated the meteorite and the site where it lies to the state for educational purposes. Later that year, the government opened a tourist centre at the site. As a result of these developments, vandalism of the Hoba meteorite has ceased and it is now visited by thousands of
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Nevertheless, specimens sourced from earlier theft and vandalism continue to be traded. On the 7th of December 2021, an unusually large 2.8 kg specimen, illegally harvested in 1968, was sold for $ 59,062 in Los Angeles by international auction house
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From about the 1970s, development of the meteorite site for tourism was hampered by its location in the Otavi triangle of Otavi, Tsumeb and Grootfontein, a key arena of the Namibian war of independence or
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and its discovery was a chance event. In 1920, the owner of the land, Jacobus Hermanus Brits, encountered the object while ploughing one of his fields with an
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Hoba meteorite in 1952. Ora Scheel (right), who acquired the site and helped have the meteorite declared a national monument, with an unknown visitor (left).
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word meaning 'gift'. Following its donation to the government in 1987, a visitor centre was constructed with a circular stone access and seating area.
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In an attempt to control relocation attempts, with permission from the farm owner, Mrs O Scheel, on March 15, 1955, the government of
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Comerford, M.F. (September 1967). "Comparative erosion rates of stone and iron meteorites under small-particle bombardment".
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Comparison of approximate sizes of notable impactors with the Hoba meteorite, a Boeing 747 and a New Routemaster bus
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The Hoba meteorite is thought to have impacted Earth less than 80,000 years ago. It is inferred that the
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National Monuments in Namibia: An Inventory of Proclaimed National Monuments in the Republic of Namibia
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O. Richard Norton and Lawrence Chitwood. Springer Science + Business Media 2008,
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Hoba meteorite in the 1950s, illustrating its remote and unprotected location
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slowed the object in such a way that it impacted the surface at
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Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society
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Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa
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tonnes. The meteorite is composed of about 84% iron and 16%
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took the first published photograph of the Hoba meteorite.
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The meteorite in 2014 after becoming a tourist attraction
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Gamsberg Macmillan. pp. 4–5. 637: 123: 474:Meteorites and their parent planets 434:List of largest meteorites on Earth 13: 721: 203:American Museum of Natural History 201:'s 31-tonne Ahnighito kept in the 128:Related media on Wikimedia Commons 14: 2694: 325: 315:is present on the surface due to 674:Lelyveld, Joseph (August 1982). 587:from the original on 2016-12-15. 458:Meteoritical Bulletin Database: 399: 387: 375: 141: 122: 2410:Santa Rosa de Viterbo Meteorite 703: 603:Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 667: 578:10.1180/minmag.1932.023.136.03 542: 523: 498: 465: 181:, where it lies, not far from 16:Largest known intact meteorite 1: 2683:National Monuments of Namibia 623:10.1016/0016-7037(67)90021-X 252: 7: 2668:Meteorites found in Namibia 422: 287:Description and composition 10: 2699: 1498:extraterrestrial materials 109:Less than 80,000 years ago 2631: 2590: 2554: 2533: 2402: 2376: 2280: 2179: 2118: 2097: 2021: 1980: 1894: 1668: 1574: 1533: 1438: 1413: 1387: 1343: 1289: 1218: 1190: 1145: 1097: 1088: 994: 957: 879: 300:. 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(2008). 352:1988 Tripartite Accord 342: 262: 2430:Shelter Island (Mars) 2262:Northwest Africa 7325 2257:Northwest Africa 7034 2252:Northwest Africa 3009 1426:Nonmagmatic meteorite 362:tourists every year. 340: 260: 90:19.59250°S 17.93361°E 2678:Geography of Namibia 2288:Oileán Ruaidh (Mars) 1493:Ca–Al-rich inclusion 440:Notes and references 2673:Otjozondjupa Region 2420:Sayh al Uhaymir 169 2059:Hadley Rille (Moon) 1856:Block Island (Mars) 1836:Bench Crater (Moon) 825:2008MNSSA..67..202S 791:2008MNSSA..67..166S 757:2008MNSSA..67...85S 711:"Meteorite 1303720" 615:1967GeCoA..31.1457C 570:1932MinM...23....1S 356:Republic of Namibia 277:Museum in Namibia. 199:Cape York meteorite 187:Otjozondjupa Region 95:-19.59250; 17.93361 86: /  1726:Allan Hills A81005 819:(11/12): 202–211. 680:The New York Times 343: 263: 243:Earth's atmosphere 2650: 2649: 1731:Allan Hills 84001 1721:Allan Hills 77005 1627: 1626: 1619:Near-Earth object 1587:Atmospheric entry 1434: 1433: 1383: 1382: 1285: 1284: 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Index


Type
Iron
Class
19°35′33″S 17°56′01″E / 19.59250°S 17.93361°E / -19.59250; 17.93361
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