{"id":86606,"date":"2024-11-01T22:18:21","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T22:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/scientists-reveal-rare-fragment-of-a-large-motorcycle-size-meteorite-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2024-11-01T22:18:21","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T22:18:21","slug":"scientists-reveal-rare-fragment-of-a-large-motorcycle-size-meteorite-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/scientists-reveal-rare-fragment-of-a-large-motorcycle-size-meteorite-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientists reveal rare fragment of a large motorcycle size meteorite | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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South African scientists on Tuesday unveiled a fragment of what they described as a motorcycle-sized meteorite that was discovered in a town in the country’s Eastern Cape province last month.<\/p>\n

Residents in the provinces of the Eastern Cape, Western Cape and Free State reported seeing a bright blue-white and orange streak of light in the sky on Aug. 25, which was accompanied by an explosive sound and vibrations, the scientists said.<\/p>\n

The rare meteorite fragment – black and shiny on the outside with a light grey, concrete-like interior – weighs less than 90 grams (3.2 ounces) with a diameter of less than 5 cm (2 inches) and was provisionally named the Nqweba Meteorite, after the nearby town where it was discovered.<\/p>\n

“Friction with the atmosphere created a spectacular fireball and caused it to break up in flight,” Roger Gibson, a professor at the University of the Witwatersrand’s (Wits) School of Geosciences, told a news conference.<\/p>\n

Sitting on her grandparents’ porch in Nqweba, 9-year-old Eli-ze du Toit saw a dark rock fall from the sky. She picked it up and gave it to her mother, who later handed it over to scientists.<\/p>\n

“I just heard this rumbling sound. And then I just noticed this rock falling out of the sky and then I went to go pick it up and it was still warm,” said du Toit.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

South African scientists on Tuesday unveiled a fragment of what they described as a motorcycle-sized meteorite that was discovered in a town in the country’s Eastern Cape province last month. 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