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Originally Posted by Eratosthenes
Amazing how they were able to find a meteorite just over 1kg in weight just 1 week after it was tracked in the night sky. The article also mentions a 9 tonne Meteorite found in WA in 1911....I wonder how long that took to find?
A "meteor" hurtling through the cosmos minding its own business AND suddenly becomes a "meteoroid" if it happens to enter the earth's atmosphere and begins burning up. If it survives the earth's atmosphere, then it changes its title once again and becomes a "meteorite".
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I believe the one found in 1911 was just the first piece found of the Mundrabilla meteorite. There were a lot of fragments. The 9 tonne bit was found in the 60s. I can't find much info on it though. I think the biggest mass (which is actually around 12 tonnes) is the big meteorite sitting in the WA museum.