iron meteorite
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"Its material strength was twice tougher than an iron meteorite."
From Salon • Aug. 31, 2022
There is a Gibeon iron meteorite that fell to earth in Namibia.
From BBC • Aug. 1, 2022
And the region is also famed as the home of fragments from a massive iron meteorite that weigh in total some 58 tons.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 8, 2022
When she walked into the main entrance, she saw nothing but the Bendegó, a colossal 5,360-kilogram iron meteorite discovered in 1784 in northeast Brazil.
From Nature • Jul. 15, 2019
The surface of a suspected iron meteorite is polished to a high luster and nitric acid is poured upon it.
From Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies by Todd, David Peck
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