The Hoba Meteorite

This meteorite was named the Hoba Meteorite which landed on the Earth’s surface in the 1930s. Until now, no one knew about this meteorite that was being used by a farmer as a doorstop for decades. This discovery was really interesting as nobody could have imagined that a piece of a meteorite was hiding on Earth. There is a very good reason for that.

The Reason

When a meteorite tries to enter the atmosphere of the earth there is a very slight chance that it would successfully enter it because many meteorites disintegrate themselves before hitting the ground. But the Hoba Meteorite somehow managed to enter the atmosphere even though it was meant to get shattered before touching the ground. There was more to this meteorite.

Not So Friendly

Though this meteorite soon became a viral topic and everybody was talking about it, meteorites are considered as a huge threat to our planet and to its population. We can’t even imagine a big meteorite falling from the sky with a speed we can’t even think of. The meteorite soon is about to hit the surface of the earth and there are people and animals and what not. The disaster this meteorite can cause is something unimaginable for us. But then this meteorite did pass the earth’s atmosphere. What happened when it hit the surface?

The Damage

Surprisingly, back in the 1930s when this meteorite touched the surface of the Earth, it didn’t cause any major damage. Even though the Hola meteorite is considered as the heaviest and largest meteorite to ever fall on our planet it didn’t cause much of a damage to us. But how was it even possible? Because with kind of speed a meteorite enters the surface of the earth, there is no guarantee it won’t damage something. It didn’t create a large carter when it actually touched the surface.

The Theories

The team was able to confirm the weight of the meteorite which we have already told you was between 119,00 and 120,000 pounds. Even weighing so much the meteorite didn’t do any damage back then. But how was it even possible? Some of the scientists believed that it was because the rock seriously slowed down before it landed to the surface of the earth. But then this theory only created more and serious questions in front of the scientists.

New Questions

There was another theory that several other scientists put in front was that this meteorite would have been much larger in size but when it tried to enter the earth’s atmosphere major part of its body got disintegrated and what was left of it hit the surface not causing much of a damage as we expect from a meteorite to cause. There were so many interesting things about the meteorite which they found out in a later examination that shocked them even more.