{"id":776381,"date":"2024-02-11T04:05:54","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T09:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=776381"},"modified":"2024-02-11T04:05:54","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T09:05:54","slug":"fragments-of-asteroid-2024-bx1-identified-as-extremely-rare-aubrite-meteorites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=776381","title":{"rendered":"Fragments of asteroid 2024 BX1 identified as extremely rare Aubrite meteorites"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Initial investigations of meteorites from the strewn field of asteroid 2024 BX1, which entered the Earth\u2019s atmosphere on January 21, 2024, near Ribbeck, northwest of Berlin, have identified them as rare aubrite achondrites. The findings were submitted to the Meteoritical Society\u2019s Nomenclature Committee on February 2, 2024, for official examination.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A recent breakthrough at the Museum f\u00fcr Naturkunde (MfN) Berlin has unveiled that meteorites collected from the asteroid 2024 BX1 are rare aubrites. This discovery came after the asteroid passed through Earth\u2019s atmosphere near Ribbeck on January 21, 2024, marking a significant addition to the museum\u2019s collection.<\/p>\n

After the asteroid 2024 BX1 disintegrated in the Earth\u2019s atmosphere, a collaborative effort led by the Museum f\u00fcr Naturkunde Berlin, with partners including the German Aerospace Center, Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin, Technische Universit\u00e4t Berlin, and the SETI Institute in the USA, resulted in the collection of over 20 meteorite samples over the past couple of days. <\/p>\n

The meteorites were identified as aubrite achondrites, a classification confirmed through detailed mineralogical and chemical analyses using the museum\u2019s electron microprobe.<\/p>\n

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