Approximately 17 meteorite collisions are recorded on the Earth’s surface every day. These attacks are missed, first, because many end up turning into small rocks, and second, because they can end up in water or uninhabited areas.
However, space research and different scientific findings have made it possible to find large rocks that fall on our planet from different places in the universe. Next, We detail the five largest meteorites that have hit the Earthwith information from slashgear.
Hoba Meteorite
The Hoba meteorite is the largest piece of space debris currently on Earth’s surface. Scientists believe that it landed about 80,000 years ago and stopped in what is now Namibia, in Africa.
Hoba weighs 60 tons and has a unique, thin, flat shape instead of a round shape. The meteorite, made of iron, was found in 1920 and has never been moved from its location, so experts don’t really know how deep the rock is embedded in the ground.
Mbozi Meteorite
The Mbozi meteorite was discovered in Tanzania and weighs approximately 25 tons. This object was partially buried and therefore found centuries before its scientific cataloging.
The stone has been revered as a sacred icon for local communities in the area for generations and is known as Kimondo. It is made up of similar material to other large meteorites that have been found on Earth, with 90% of its mass made up of iron and around 8% nickel.
El Chaco Meteorite
The El Chaco meteorite is part of the Campo del Cielo group of meteorites found in a 60 square kilometer crater field located in Argentina. This meteorite, rounder and more bumpy than the Hoba, weighs 37 tons and was found in 1969.
Bacubirite Meteorite
The Bacubirito meteorite was found in Mexico in 1863, it is composed mainly of iron and weighs about 20 tons. Currently, it can be found in a gallery called Santuario in Sinaloa, near his landing site.
This meteorite is the third largest known and is the longest meteorite ever discovered. The object is 4.25 meters long and approximately 2 meters wide and tall.
Cape York Meteorite
The Cape York or Cape York meteorite landed on Earth about 10,000 years ago and its history is linked to the development of human civilization in Savissivik, Greenland.
The meteorite weighs around 20 tons and shows distinctive signs of scratches and breaks from local area inhabitants who used it to make tools. This makes the meteorite an integral part of early human civilization and the great story of ancient human society in pre-contact North America.