160:, New Zealand. After bouncing off a couch and hitting the ceiling, it came to a standstill in the living room, not long after the homeowners' grandson had been playing there. The crash was accompanied by a "huge" explosion, and caused dust to go throughout the room. Due to the landing occurring at daylight, nobody saw the meteorite fall to the ground—Brenda Archer (one of the homeowners) said that "If it had fallen in the garden, it would probably have been added to the pile of rocks I'm taking to the dump. Nobody would have known about it."
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The meteorite is 4.56 billion years old. It has a weight of 1.3 kilograms (2.9 lb), and an oblate shape with dimensions of 13 cm × 10 cm × 6 cm (5.1 in × 3.9 in × 2.4 in). It has a "smooth asymmetric black-red fusion crust" with "flow lines
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The Archer family was flooded with purchase offers from around the world. This included an offer of US$ 15,000 (NZ$ 24,000) from the United States, and an offer of NZ$ 50,000 from South Korea. These were rejected, with difficulty; the
Archers said, "We're both retired, so we don't need the money".
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Shortly after the landing, scientists wanted to split the meteorite to determine its composition, but this was cancelled within a few weeks as too much of the meteorite would have had to have been taken off. Since then, small fragments have been cut off by the
Auckland Museum, and a cut was made
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As the country's ninth meteorite to be recovered, it was the first since 1976—the tenth was found in 2024. It was also the country's second meteorite to have been discovered shortly after falling to the ground. This is the only meteorite to have ever hit a house in New
Zealand.
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The landing appeared on the news throughout the world, and was followed by a "meteorite frenzy" in New
Zealand. Many people were convinced that they were in possession of a meteorite, and took them to be assessed by scientists. No new meteorites were found.
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Despite a tradition of naming meteorites after the nearest post office, it was officially named the
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They had no plan on keeping it and wanted to sell it within New
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Starting in July 2004 the meteorite spent two months at an exhibition in
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